By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 15, 2024 11:53 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal police are investigating how hundreds of litres of motor oil leaked into the St. Lawrence River in the city’s east end. Oil slicks were discovered off the Pointe-aux-Trembles district on July 11…
By Jayme Doll Global News Posted August 15, 2024 8:07 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Chinese Cemetery in Calgary is undergoing a restoration. The $50,000 project was approved by the city after the community gave its consent to refurbish crumbling and toppled headstones. It was something they…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 2:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s public security minister says the province is experiencing an “extremely difficult” period of climate-related disasters. François Bonnardel spoke to reporters Wednesday morning from Ste-Julienne, Que., a small community 55 kilometres north of…
Canadians are in for an autumn with higher-than-average extreme weather events like wildfires and more serious named storms, government of Canada scientists said in a briefing Monday. Scientists told reporters that the wildfire season could last well into September, which is unusual since a normal wildfire season in Canada is expected to wrap up by…
For over 20 hours, firefighters in Greece have been working to bring “extremely dangerous” wildfires under control, the country’s climate minister said on Monday. “Since yesterday afternoon, the residents of northeastern Attica have been tested by an extremely dangerous fire with which we have been fighting for over 20 hours under dramatic conditions,” Minister of…
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts. “Anytime you have major weather-related events, it tends to increase costs,” said Frank Scali, vice-president of industry affairs at Food, Health &…
For communities where roads and homes are damaged in climate disasters, losing out on bids for federal help to protect against coming storms are one more blow from which to recover. Standing beside a wharf that is slowly being dismantled by Bay of Fundy tides, Dave Davies said Thursday it was hard to hear in…
A group of divers off the coast of Lions Bay got more than they ever thought possible with the sighting of a rare shark on Thursday night. It is possible to catch sight of a bluntnose sixgill shark off the coast during a night dive in August and September. But it is still rare. However,…
For the second time in four years, invasive zebra mussels have been found in a popular aquarium accessory in Washington state. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) said this week that a wholesale aquarium company in Seattle notified it that a new shipment of moss balls it received might be contaminated. Marimo moss…
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…
