wildfires

Weathered was good for the evacuation of more than 1,000 people from two First Nations communities threatened by forest fires in northern Manitoba.

A study shows half of Alberta's boreal forest could disappear in just over 80 years due to wildfires and climate change.

A regional government in British Columbia's southern Interior is mulling more than 70 recommendations to improve its response to wildfires.

Apparently lightning can strike the same place twice after all.

When it comes to preventing forest fires, responsibility for the work is a complicated dance between the province and small, civic governments.

The Trump administration announced on Thursday, November 3, 2017, it will hold a public hearing in West Virginia on its plan to nullify an Obama-era plan to limit planet-warming carbon emissions. The state is economically dependent on coal mining.

A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year.

The skies have been brilliant blue in Nova Scotia wine country this October, the vines heavy with grapes, and winemakers like Sean Sears are seeing crops they could only vaguely hope for in the past.

Climate change didn't directly cause major wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia this year but it did contribute to their extreme nature, says a University of Alberta researcher.

Lightning started a forest fire one August afternoon near this Oregon tourist town and it was spreading fast.

Ranchers who have lost animals and land to devastating wildfires across British Columbia are getting help from the provincial and federal governments.

British Columbia's tourism industry is taking a hit with businesses reporting rising cancellations and decreased traffic over fears of wildfires.

British Columbia's premier spent Monday touring some communities affected by this year's unprecedented wildfire season, promising financial assistance.

Two of British Columbia's biggest wildfires haven't grown much over the past few days despite being fanned by strong winds.

British Columbia has extended a provincewide state of emergency because of wildfires that have scorched a record amount of land this season.