Tag Archives: Environment

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - While Environment Canada is investigating the possibility that a tornado swept through the Fort St. John area in northern B.C. last week, Clarence Apsassin says he knows what he ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back on the road, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in climate spending from his Liberal government Monday in what would not have looked out of place...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus search crews discovered the bodies of four people outside a fire-swept mountain village on Sunday in what the a government minister called the "most destructive" blaze in...

LE GRAND-BORNAND, France - Michael Woods' charge fell just short Saturday with the Canadian rider finishing third in the eighth stage of the Tour de France. On the first big day in the mountains, Wood...

TOKYO (AP) - A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town west of Tokyo following heavy rains on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people missing, ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says 719 sudden and unexpected deaths have been reported in the province during the historic heat wave, and that number over a seven-day period is unprecede...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports, ...

The Last Ice Area may not last. Scientists and conservation groups have counted on the icy ocean north of Ellesmere Island and Greenland to remain frozen year-round for long into the future, providing...

Record-breaking sizzling temperatures hitting parts of eastern B.C. and the Prairies is extremely significant and signals how global warming is making heat waves across the region, an Environment Cana...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana city is quacking down on ducks. Dozens of ducks - estimated to be as many as 60 - have taken over a neighborhood in Baton Rouge, WBRZ-TV reports. Residents say they...