OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 29, 2025 /CNW/ - In recent years, Canadians have witnessed the rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events, like floods and wildland fires, destroy homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure, which leave lasting impacts on ...

Two years after devastating wildfires razed 90% of Lytton, B.C., reconstruction is slow and residents remain displaced and angry about it. This summer, 65% of the Northwest Territories' 46,000 residents evacuated, including almost the entire population of ...

Flood, fire, hurricane, tornado, tsunami — knock on wood, regardless of the crisis, there are some emergency must-haves that keep cropping up. It’s for such times as these that Amazon is creating its first Canadian disaster relief hub in Edmonton, one ...

OTTAWA, ON, April 2, 2026 /CNW/ - Canada continues to face the growing impacts of climate change, with extreme weather conditions becoming more frequent and severe. Communities across the country have responded to these challenges with resilience and ...

Canada has experienced an unprecedented wildfire season in 2023. People's experiences with any disaster event are influenced by social- and place-based vulnerabilities. For example, where you live affects your exposure to different hazards including ...

Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson celebrated the end of Justin Trudeau‘s term as Canadian prime minister. Since Trudeau resigned from the position, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre has emerged as his likely successor.

In Canada’s vast boreal forest — the northern expanse of spruce, fir, pine, and tamarack trees that stretches across nearly the entire country — fire is endemic. It helps the ecosystem stay healthy. Some kinds of trees there can’t release their ...

Statistically, someone across our vast home and native land is likely to have less-than-ideal weather for the Canada Day holiday. If it's the turn of your corner of Canada this year, take heart: At least it's (probably) not raining fish. Here are some of ...

The costs of emergency response and repairs for floods and wildfires in the past decade are billions of dollars in B.C. and the rest of Canada. But these staggering figures don’t include other ballooning costs such as uninsured losses to residential and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This summer, Canada is once again on fire. Thousands have been evacuated. Smoke drifting south is exacerbating tensions between Canada and the U.S. government. And things are likely to ...