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Environment/Climate Change
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Growing wildfire prompts warning for Alberta town to prepare for evacuation
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. – Residents of a northern Alberta town are being told to be ready to evacuate at any time as an out-of-control wildfire, fanned by strong winds and dry conditions, continues to grow. The Town of High Level…
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Wildfire prompts evacuation order, state of emergency in central B.C
FRASER LAKE, B.C. – Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey was driving back from a soccer tournament out of town when she saw the skyline transformed by a wildfire creeping up a mountain on the edge of her central British Columbia…
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Propane blast in Tagish, Yukon sparks wildfire, destroys two homes
TAGISH, Yukon – A propane tank explosion in a Yukon community just north of the British Columbia boundary has destroyed two homes and spread into the nearby forest. A social media post by the Carcross Tagish First Nation says a…
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Health and safety inspection teams head to flood affected zones in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON – Health and safety inspection teams are fanning out across flood-affected regions of New Brunswick, assessing homes and businesses that are still drying out amid receding floodwaters. New Brunswick’s Emergency Measures Organization says the teams will inspect electrical systems…
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Consider climate impact on infrastructure suffering repeated flooding: experts
With key infrastructure in the Maritimes and Quebec again threatened by surging waterways, flooding experts say it’s past time for fixes that consider worst-case climate change scenarios. The New Brunswick government announced Wednesday night the closure of portions of the…
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Saskatchewan wildfire triggers state of emergency, evacuation of hospital
BIGGAR, Sask. – Saskatchewan’s fire commissioner is urging people across the province not to have open fires as a wildfire near the town of Biggar sparked a state of emergency and some evacuations. Duane McKay said crews are assessing what…
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Out of control Saskatchewan wildfire triggers state of emergency, evacuation
BIGGAR, Sask. – Wildfire smoke and concerns about air quality have sparked a large community and surrounding area in west-central Saskatchewan to declare a state of emergency The Town of Biggar and Rural Municipality of Biggar declared the emergency overnight…
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Climate change doubled risk of B.C.’s record setting 2017 wildfires: study
Research suggests British Columbia’s record-setting 2017 wildfire season wasn’t an accident and Environment Canada scientists say that climate change stacked the deck against the province from the start. In a newly published paper, researchers from the Canadian Centre for Climate…
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Strengthening oceans protection with new marine environmental response equipment
VICTORIA, Sept. 7, 2018 /CNW/ – Through the Oceans Protections Plan, the Government of Canada is working to improve our country’s capacity to prevent and respond to environmental emergencies. Ensuring the Canadian Coast Guard has the equipment it needs to lead…
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Government of Canada delivers marine safety training and barges to Northern communities through the Oceans Protection Plan
HAY RIVER, NT (Oct. 14, 2018) – Protecting the marine environment and all users of Canada’s oceans and waterways is of paramount importance. The Government of Canada, under the Oceans Protection Plan, is making sure our coasts are protected in a…
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Crews ‘aggressively’ fight wildfire that threatened Trail, B.C. hospital
TRAIL, B.C. – Wildfire crews in southeastern British Columbia hope to make short work of a blaze that broke out late Tuesday and burned within a few hundred metres of the hospital in Trail. The Kootenay Boundary Regional District says…
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In the Woods
Canada, home to roughly nine per cent of the world’s forests, is where black bears, moose and other wildlife live out their natural lives. Outdoor enthusiasts kayak on both quiet rivers and raging rapids alike while parents and kids go…
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Nova Scotia sending firefighters to Ontario and Quebec
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Forestry Department is dispatching crews to Ontario and Quebec to fight fires in those provinces. A 20-person crew is headed to Sudbury in northern Ontario, and four staff are going to Quebec – along with 50,000 feet…
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Alberta firefighters battling 700 hectare wildfire near Hinton
HINTON, Alta. – Firefighters are trying to contain an out-of-control wildfire east of Hinton, Alta., that grew to estimated 700 hectares Wednesday night. Provincial officials say the blaze was about 15 kilometres from the town, but moving east and was…
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‘It’s essential that Canadians act now’ on climate change: federal report
Climate change is already having a big impact – and Canadian governments urgently need to collect and publish data showing how safe their citizens are from floods, fires and other hazards, a federal advisory panel says. In a report Tuesday,…
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Flood waters in New Brunswick raise concerns for health and safety
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Flood waters continue to rise in southern New Brunswick, and so do concerns for health and safety. Kevin Clifford, the director of Emergency Management for Saint John, said water levels in the city were expected to…
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‘A traumatic stressful event:’ Alberta wildfire took toll on park staff
The pain would have been excruciating for two female black bears found in Waterton Lakes National Park after the Kenow Mountain wildfire tore through the rugged mountain landscape last September. One was found lying on its back with severe third-degree…
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Politicians, union raise alarm about potential disaster at fuel company
Sterling says it has invested in safety improvements
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Black Tide
On the evening of July 20, operators in the Husky Energy control room detected certain “pressure anomalies” in sections of one of its oil pipelines spanning the North Saskatchewan River. Although such monitoring “blips” are common during start-up operations, inspection…
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Power outage traps miners underground after earthquake
Quake measured 3.8 on Richter scale
