B.C. First Nations are initiating an emergency salmon task force to investigate the impact on the sockeye salmon due to last week’s Chilcotin River landslide. “Chilcotin Rivers are kind of our identity,” Nits’ilʔin (Chief) Francis Laceese, Tl’esqox said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Same with the salmon, you know, that’s basically who we are….
A study by researchers at McGill University has found that a microscopic air pollutant generated from vehicles and industry plays a role in the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people in Canada’s two biggest cities each year. Their study, published recently in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, finds that long-term exposure…
Concerns are mounting for the fate of wild salmon on the Chilcotin River in the B.C., Cariboo region, in the wake of a landslide that blocked the waterway near Williams Lake for days. Chilko Lake sockeye are expected to be the biggest run of fish on the Fraser River this summer, and their spawning grounds…
Large parts of Ontario and Quebec are expected to experience heavy rainfall this week as remnants of tropical storm Debby make their way from the United States into Canada, scientists at Environment and Climate Change Canada said on Thursday. The storm, which is currently over the Carolinas, is expected to move towards Canada. “It is…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 8, 2024 4:01 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Williams Lake First Nation says two and possibly three Indigenous cultural heritage sites sustained extensive damage when a torrent of water breached a landslide that had blocked the Chilcotin River in British…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Landslide debris that blocked the Chilcotin River last week is now moving through the Fraser River and officials are warning the conditions are still dangerous. The Fraser River is not expected to have any large rises in water levels, however, there are concerns for boaters as there…
