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New B.C. wildfire forces evacuations in south Okanagan

The BC Wildfire Service says flames in the hills on the southeast side of Skaha Lake, east of Okanagan Falls, were reported Sunday and had charred an estimated five square kilometres of the rural area within hours.

By Canadian Press | News | July 12th 2021

In this May 23, 2021, file photo a buoy sits on dry land that had been under water, at a drought-stricken Lake Mendocino, in Ukiah, Calif. On Thursday, July 8, 2021, Photo by: Associated Press/Josh Edelson

California governor calls for voluntarily water rationing

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15 per cent as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.

By Adam Beam | News | July 8th 2021

A billion tidal creatures likely baked to death in B.C. heat wave

The heat and the stench was staggering after masses of mussels, barnacles, clams, hermit crabs and starfish cooked to death at a number of Lower Mainland beaches, says biologist Chris Harley.

By Rochelle Baker | News, Island Insider | July 8th 2021

Experts say heat wave would have been virtually impossible without climate change

Released July 7 by the World Weather Attribution network, a group of scientists from universities across the globe, a new study finds that the unprecedented heat in Western Canada and other parts of the Pacific Northwest wouldn’t have been possible without human-caused climate change.

Race Against Climate Change

By Cloe Logan | News | July 8th 2021

A helicopter pilot prepares to drop water on a wildfire burning in Lytton, B.C., on Friday, July 2, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Lytton will rebuild and become a community of the future: Premier Horgan

British Columbia Premier John Horgan and two of his cabinet ministers were flown over the devastated community of Lytton on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, where he said there was "literally nothing left" after a wildfire tore through it last Wednesday.

Wildfires

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | July 7th 2021

Thunderstorms forecast ups fire danger in B.C.'s Interior

Severe thunderstorms are forecast for several areas in British Columbia's southern Interior, adding to the fire danger in the province.

By The Canadian Press | News | July 6th 2021

A man wiping sweat from face and sitting on fence. Photo by Mary Taylor / Pexels

This is how you die in extreme heat

Record temperatures across North America have already killed hundreds. Here’s what actually happens when overheating turns fatal.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman | News | July 6th 2021

A Salvation Army EMS vehicle is set up as a cooling station as people line up to get into a splash park while trying to beat the heat in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, June 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Climate change is killing us

The extreme heat in Western Canada is a brutal reminder that climate-driven fatalities are going to be an even bigger part of our lives going forward, writes columnist Max Fawcett. We need to be taking bounds, not steps, if we’re going to get ahead of this slow-motion disaster.

Opinion

By Max Fawcett | Opinion | July 2nd 2021

Albert Huynh cools off in the frigid Lynn Creek water as Leanne Opuyes, left, laughs in North Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, June 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

RCMP link Western Canada heat wave to sudden deaths in Metro Vancouver

Police say a sweltering heat wave that has settled over Western Canada for several days is believed to be a contributing factor in dozens of sudden-death calls they have responded to in Metro Vancouver.

By Canadian Press | News | June 29th 2021

Aubrey Lovelace,12, heads down one of two new slides at the Southside Family Aquatics Facility, Monday, June 28, 2021. Photo by: Associated Press/The Spokesman Review/Colin Mulvany

Northwest heat wave causes rolling blackouts in Washington state

The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Ore., moved inland Tuesday — prompting a electrical utility in Spokane, Wash., to warn that people will face more rolling blackouts amid heavy power demand.

By Gene Johnson & Nicholas K. Geranios | News | June 29th 2021

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