As Los Angeles continues to battle deadly and historically destructive wildfires, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has made what experts call “preposterous” and false claims that California could have avoided the disaster by allowing water from Canada to flow through the state. Trump, who has fixated on California’s water management issues before and has raised them
A Canadian Navy vessel with the name HMCS Protecteur will again set sail, nearly a decade after the last supply ship with its respected legacy was taken out of service. The new joint support ship — the longest naval vessel ever to be built in Canada — was launched at a rainy ceremony at shipbuilder
More than half a million Americans and 100,000 British Columbia residents were without power on Wednesday morning as they grappled with a weather phenomenon known as a “bomb cyclone.” The powerful storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees, killing at least
A wildlife photographer says she has spotted grizzly bears on Vancouver Island for the first time. Catherine Babault, who owns Catherine Babault Photography, said she first spotted a sow and two cubs in July.“This is a very rare sighting,” she said. “I am a professional wildlife photographer from Vancouver Island. I give photo tours and workshops
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Water that was released from the Chilcotin River landslide in B.C.’s Central Interior is now reaching the Fraser River. Video shared with Motorcycle accident toronto today showed one structure that was along the banks of the Chilcotin was washed into the flowing water.Thankfully, that structure was unoccupied and not
Water has begun moving through the dam formed on the Chilcotin River by a giant landslide, but the warning from officials is a stern one. “I cannot stress enough how extremely unsafe and unstable the valley is right now,” B.C.’s Minister of Emergency Management, Bowinn Ma, said at a press conference on Monday.“There is a
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Water is now flowing over the site of an enormous landslide blocking the Chilcotin River, south of Williams Lake in B.C.’s Central Interior. Videos taken on Monday morning show the water starting to move across the top of the site.A BC Emergency alert has been issued to
Emergency officials said the massive landslide that is blocking the Chilcotin River, in B.C.’s central interior, prompting the evacuation of dozens of properties, is expected to cause flash flooding downstream when the river breaches the slide area. Margo Wagner, chair of the Cariboo Regional District, said in an update on Thursday morning that the timeline
Ineos Styrolution announced that it will permanently shutter operations in southwestern Ontario after both the provincial and federal governments enacted new rules aimed at curbing benzene emissions at its plants. The chemical manufacturer said Tuesday in a statement that it will cease operations in Sarnia by June 2026.In April, Motorcycle accident toronto today first reported how Aamjiwnaang
On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the mainland’s solid ground. They go voluntarily — sort