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Torrential downpours started on Friday afternoon across the Halifax region, dumping more than 200 millimeters of rain in some areas

Thousands of fires have scorched more than 42,000 square miles across the country so far, including Indigenous land, where communities often are isolated

The preservation of soft tissues is one of the forms of fossilization that most fascinates paleontologists due to all the information that these natural mummies reveal, as well as the challenge of explaining how they formed

391 wildfires are currently active in the province with over half of them out of control.

A record wave of fires has burned almost 10 million hectares, forced the evacuation of nearly 160,000 people and caused a toxic cloud that has reached across the Atlantic

Crawford Lake hides a history book at its bottom: perfect layers of sediments that show centuries of human impact, year by year

Trade has been hit hard by the industrial action in British Colombia, while talks remain deadlocked

Of the more than 100 performances in some 20 countries that the singer will give until August 2024, none will take place in Canada, and some local politicians have expressed their disappointment

European volunteers sent to Quebec province are facing ‘monsters of fire’ greater than anything they ever experienced back home

Detroit had the worst air quality in the U.S. on Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency warned residents of the mostly Black city that ‘everyone should stay indoors’

The evolution of fires in California shows how climate change is exacerbating the phenomenon around the world

A National Weather Service meteorologist says fires in northern Quebec and low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes are sending smoke to Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois

The fate of the vessel in the depths of the Atlantic raises many questions about insufficient regulation and the risks of extreme tourist activities

Rob Hill, commanding officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the bus was carrying 25 people when it collided Thursday. The crash left 10 injured

As a result, Interstate 95 will be closed in both directions for weeks at the start of summer travel season. The elevated southbound portion of I-95 will have to be demolished, as well as the northbound side

A U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist says the weather system that’s driving the great Canadian-American smoke out ‘will probably be hanging around at least for the next few days’

The smoke is delaying some flights Wednesday, sending school recesses indoors, forcing the cancelation of events and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks

Quebec joins the list of provinces affected by the blaze. More than 3.3 million hectares burned in 2023, and the Trudeau government is preparing new contingency plans for the summer

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the damage from the fires is ‘extensive’ and ‘heartbreaking.’ He announced a provincial ban on travel and activity in wooded areas to reduce the risk of more fires

The province’s chief electoral officer is being asked for documents relating to the funding of the ‘No’ campaign run by opponents of separation from Canada

High temperatures and strong winds are making it difficult for firefighters to control the blazes, which are affecting air quality in big urban areas

Victor Masson, 27, is the second foreigner to be killed in the state of Oaxaca this week. An Argentine man also died after being attacked with a machete

Residents and officials in the Northwest have been trying to adjust to the likely reality of more frequent heat waves following the fatal “heat dome” weather event that prompted record temperatures and deaths in 2021

Canada earlier on Tuesday said it is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom the Canadian spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong

Around 30,000 people have been evacuated due to the wildfires, prompting the provincial government to declare a state of emergency

The owner intends to provoke a debate regarding the supply of these substances, decriminalized since January in British Columbia

‘We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,’ the Group of Seven foreign ministers said in a communique released on Tuesday