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Blueberry First Nations says native plant orchard to help restore B.C. industry sites
FORT ST. JOHN — A First Nation in British Columbia says a new native plant…
As wildfires burn coast to coast, a look at what’s happening in affected provinces
More than 930 fires were burning across Canada on Monday, the national wildland fire summary…
US Virgin Islands’ housing authority accused of corruption as federal funding is suspended
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government announced Monday it suspended funding for…
Why a Kamloops woman keeps 25,000 worms in her home
Hint: It has something to do with compost and bears.
Ontario wildfire evacuees recall ashes ‘landing from the sky’ in harrowing escape
THUNDER BAY — The smoke that blanketed Whitesand First Nation became thicker, darker and more…
Massive fire becomes Norway’s largest in modern times after destroying more than 100 homes
DRAMMEN, Norway (AP) — The largest residential fire in modern Norwegian history destroyed more than…
Nervous times in Pemberton, B.C., as residents watch fire fight from their backyards
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman says Wednesday evening was a long…
How to protect yourself from the bad air caused by wildfires
When wildfires burn, smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, posing…
Demand to list short-term rentals in Kelowna slow to recover
“Any government at any level, when they’re making policy decisions, the first thing they need to do is determine what is the metric of success.”
Philadelphia area digs out from damage left by a severe series of microburst storms
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday…
150 residents displaced after fire hits apartment building in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER — Around 150 residents are without homes after a fire gutted an apartment…
Former co-op home purchased by Kamloops hospital foundation for patients, doctors
A Kamloops housing co-op had a unique property to sell, and now the nine-bedroom home will be used for cancer patients and visiting doctors.