Environment

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

Saskatchewan still aiming to increase crude production by 2030

The province remains committed to increasing crude production by around 31 per cent over the next seven years.In a statement sent to paNOW, the Ministry of Energy and Resources said the plan is to pro...

Jun 26, 2023

Tourism Saskatchewan looking to change northern lights from niche market to popular attraction

The province is hoping to entice more people to visit by promoting opportunities to see the aurora borealis.More commonly known as the northern lights, Tourism Saskatchewan considers it a niche market...

Jun 23, 2023

Muskoday Fire Captain receives prestigious national award

A Saskatchewan firefighter is one of three women in Canada being recognized on the national stage. Michelle Vandevord was recently recognized through the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Awards Progra...

Jun 20, 2023

U.S. deploys high-tech Pentagon program to help Canada detect, suppress new wildfires

The U.S. Department of Defense has deployed a new high-tech fire detection system to help Canada battle one of its worst wildfire seasons on record.The White House says the FireGuard system uses real-...

Jun 17, 2023