By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 9, 2024 12:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The owner of a commercial halibut vessel in British Columbia received more than $33,000 in fines for fishing in a marine protected area containing glass sponge reefs unique to the waters of the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Water that was released from the Chilcotin River landslide in B.C.’s Central Interior is now reaching the Fraser River. Video shared with Global News showed one structure that was along the banks of the Chilcotin was washed into the flowing water. Thankfully, that structure was unoccupied and…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of New Westminster, B.C., is warning residents and visitors that the boardwalk has been closed until further notice due to the Chilcotin River landslide debris. In a statement on its website, the city said that due to the fast-moving water and expected debris in the…
B.C. officials estimate the water and debris from the dam on the Chilcotin River landslide will reach Lytton on Tuesday afternoon, Boston Bar at about 7 p.m. and Hope around midnight. “As mentioned yesterday, the risk of a worst-case scenario has drastically decreased but we are not in the clear yet,” B.C.’s Minister of Emergency…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Satellite imagery of B.C.’s landslide, shared by the Canadian Space Agency on Instagram, shows the Chilcotin River before the slide and after. In the first image, taken by the Sentinel-2 satellite mission on July 21, the river can be seen in turquoise blue, flowing unobstructed through B.C.’s…
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…
