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B.C. wildfire regions see rain, lightning in forecast as province lifts travel ban
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
Firefighters in British Columbia’s southern Interior continue to battle a number of significant wildfires even as cooler, wetter weather is anticipated in the region. The BC Wildfire Service says 120 wildland firefighters and 105 structural firefighters are deployed at the Bush Creek East blaze in the Shuswap region, while heavy smoke in the area continues ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire smoke can damage the brain long after flames are extinguished, research says
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
A growing body of international research suggests pollution from wildfire smoke can produce cognitive deficits, post-traumatic stress and may even increase the risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Until recently, the effects of wildfires have been studied on patients’ lungs, hearts and blood. But several researchers have started looking into how fine particulate matter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians split on whether to blame provinces or feds for housing crisis: poll
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Despite what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said recently, a new poll suggests 40 per cent of Canadians think his government is to blame for the country’s housing crisis. Leger surveyed 1,537 people between Aug. 18 and 20, asking a series of questions about the rising cost of housing and what should be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Without Trump, debate gives Republican hopefuls rare chance to build some momentum
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
WASHINGTON – It doesn’t happen often, but it’s happening tonight: Donald Trump is spurning the chance to appear on prime-time television. That makes the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee a rare and perhaps critical opportunity for the bulk of Trump’s rivals to make their case to a national audience – many of them for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most B.C. wildfire travel restrictions to end at midnight as damage tallies rise
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
A travel ban intended to free up accommodations in parts of British Columbia hardest-hit by raging wildfires will largely lift by day’s end, provincial officials said Tuesday as those in affected communities began getting a clearer sense of the damage wrought by the blazes. The travel ban, intended to ensure camp grounds and hotel rooms ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most B.C. wildfire travel restrictions to end at midnight, minister says
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
British Columbia’s minister of emergency management says a wildfire ban restricting travel to hotels or campgrounds in many communities in the southern Interior is to lift at midnight. Bowinn Ma says non-essential travel to West Kelowna continues to be prohibited and people are being urged to stay away from the Lake Country and Shuswap areas. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Most B.C. wildfire travel restrictions to end at midnight
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
British Columbia’s minister of emergency management says an order restricting travel to many communities in the southern Interior due to wildfires will be lifted at midnight. Bowinn Ma says non-essential travel to West Kelowna continues to be prohibited and people are being urged to stay away from the Lake Country and Shuswap areas. More to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brother of teen found dead in B.C. park tells jury they spoke the day of her death
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – The brother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago says he spoke to his sister via the messaging app WeChat just hours before their mother reported her missing. The man, who cannot be identified under the terms of a publication ban, told the B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate change made worst Quebec fire weather twice as likely, more intense: study
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
Climate change has made summers like the kind that led to Quebec’s disastrous wildfire season at least seven times more likely to happen again, says a new scientific analysis. The study by the U.K.-based World Weather Attribution group, released Tuesday, says greenhouse gas emissions made the province’s overall fire weather about 50 per cent more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
Nearly 900 seniors have been forced out of care facilities in a wildfire-ravaged region of British Columbia while the province has joined Alberta in receiving medical evacuees from the Northwest Territories, where thousands of residents have escaped dangerous conditions. Susan Brown, CEO of Interior Health in B.C., said most of the residents were transferred from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation settles century-old grievance with Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation in Saskatchewan has settled a specific claim with the federal government over nearly 20,000 acres of land. The nation north of Regina and the federal government announced this week the settlement of a claim for Canada’s “breach of statutory and fiduciary duties” relating to nearly 18,352 acres of reserve lands ... Read More »
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