Environment

Drought, not smoke, stressing out Saskatchewan trees

With the season of autumn and back to school arriving, a certain amount of stress and browning leaves on the ground is to be expected.However, trees shouldn't be shedding their leaves as early as they...

Sep 02, 2023

West Kelowna, B.C., fire department returns to 'normal' operations: wildfire service

The BC Wildfire Service says the West Kelowna, B.C., fire department is returning to "normal day-to-day operations," 10 days after a fast-moving wildfire forced thousands to flee and went on to destro...

Aug 27, 2023

More evacuation orders rescinded in B.C. fires as warm, dry weather returns

Evacuation orders in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia continue to be rescinded as more residents are allowed to return home. The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says it has...

Aug 26, 2023

At least 50 buildings lost to wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., fire chief confirms

West Kelowna's fire chief says at least 50 structures have been lost in the city to the 110-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire burning on both sides of Lake Okanagan in B.C.Jason Brolund says the d...

Aug 21, 2023

B.C. wildfires: no new evacuations overnight as grim battle goes on

British Columbia's desperate battle against hundreds of wildfires was continuing on multiple fronts Sunday, but no new evacuation orders were added overnight to the thousands already in place across t...

Aug 20, 2023

B.C. declares wildfire emergency amid desperate battle to save West Kelowna

Homes were ablaze on Friday in West Kelowna, B.C., with firefighters locked in a pitched battle against a rampaging wildfire that helped trigger a provincewide state of emergency.British Columbia Prem...

Aug 19, 2023

As death toll from Maui fire reaches 89, authorities say effort to count the losses is just starting

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 89, authorities warned Saturday that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early st...

Aug 13, 2023

'Something's changed': Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say

Earlier this summer, two Canadians walked into a party in rural Germany."Canadians?" joked the host. "I thought you'd smell more like smoke."It's been that kind of season. Floods, drought, warm waters...

Aug 05, 2023

Fade into the night: Fireflies facing threats from climate change and light pollution

Aaron Fairweather remembers seeing fireflies as a child for the first time, a swarm of twinkles flashing across the surface of a lake near Saint John, N.B., illuminating a summer's night.Fairweather, ...

Jul 15, 2023

Dry patches in lawn may be chinch bugs, not drought

A pesky insect appears to be marking more and more territory on residential lawns. Chinch bugs feed off the grass and then kill it by injecting a toxin, leaving behind dead patches of grass in what wa...

Jul 03, 2023