Tag Archives: Weather
Wildfire number surges to about 140 in B.C. amid hot, dry conditions
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the number of active blazes in the province has nearly tripled since mid-week as hot and dry conditions persist alongside the potential for more ...
Aug 30, 2025
These parts of Canada are getting their first August snow in almost a quarter century
It may still be August, and more than three weeks before the official end of summer, but parts of Canada are already receiving their first snowfall. Northern areas of Nunuvat including Baffin Island a...
Aug 28, 2025
Lytton, B.C., records hottest temperature across Canada this year as province bakes
Lytton, B.C., is living up to its reputation as the hottest location in Canada. Starting Sunday, temperatures in the Fraser Canyon community have surpassed 40 Celsius for three consecutive days, inclu...
Aug 26, 2025
Firefighting efforts continue in Atlantic Canada as large storm passes offshore
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's largest wildfire has grown as firefighters continue to deal with stronger winds forecast for the province's Annapolis Valley. Officials from the Department of Natural Resources...
Aug 23, 2025
When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic
Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking. A tree physiologist said that several years of repeated drought in British Columbia mixed with heat stress increased the likel...
Aug 23, 2025
Rising heat a 'public health crisis' for workers, including in Canada: WHO
TORONTO - The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception. The WHO and the World Meteorolo...
Aug 21, 2025
Vancouver's airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912
RICHMOND - Several daily rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia on Friday, with the Vancouver breaking a record set over a century ago. Environmen...
Aug 16, 2025
Significant amount of rainfall slows the spread of wildfires on Vancouver Island
PORT ALBERNI - BC Hydro said restoration work will take up to two weeks after an out-of-control wildfire, which is burning south of Port Alberni, B.C., left hundreds of residents in the nearby communi...
Aug 16, 2025
Montreal public health reports three heat-related deaths since Sunday
MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal are still working to tally the total number of people who died from heat-related causes since Sunday, when sweltering temperatures took over the city. The city'...
Aug 14, 2025
Rain on the way after Vancouver Island wildfire grows by more than half
PORT ALBERNI - A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island this week. The Mount Underwood...
Aug 14, 2025