Climate change

FILE - People cool off at a fountain in front of the Pantheon, in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, where temperatures were expected to reach as high as 37 Celsius (98 Farenheit). This was the hottest summer on record across the globe, forcing many tourists to rethink how and where they travel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, FIle)

Climate change could upend global travel — destination and calendar

After the dog days of summer show their bite, travellers starting to consider a new approach

 

Coun. Trish Mandewo of Coquitlam is the new president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Mandewo, who is the first Black president of UBCM in its history, assumes the office from past president Coun. Jen Ford of Whistler. (UBCM/Flickr)

Decriminalization, climate change and housing top issues at UBCM conference

New UBCM prez says organization is ready to work with province

 

Gillian Tett, left, of the Financial Times, moderator, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley, second left, Wold Bank Group President Ajay Banga, third left, and Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay, participate in the United Nations Sustainable Development Forum, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Climate change has world at the ‘gates of hell’: United Nations chief

Carbon polluting nations silent as UN continues in New York

 

William, Prince of Wales, right, visits a FDNY Firehouse on on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Pool Photo via AP)

Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope

With deadly extreme weather hitting all over the globe, rising temperatures peaking…

William, Prince of Wales, right, visits a FDNY Firehouse on on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Pool Photo via AP)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the World Law Congress at the United Nations, Friday, July 21, 2023. Trudeau returns to the UN on Tuesday for two days of meetings with world leaders, environmental crusaders and civil-society luminaries at a time when urgent climate priorities and geopolitical uncertainty are likely to dominate the agenda.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Wildfires and floods bring nations together for ‘a serious moment’

Widespread impact of climate change along with ongoing military conflict gives world leaders pause

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the World Law Congress at the United Nations, Friday, July 21, 2023. Trudeau returns to the UN on Tuesday for two days of meetings with world leaders, environmental crusaders and civil-society luminaries at a time when urgent climate priorities and geopolitical uncertainty are likely to dominate the agenda.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Protesters march down Cambie Street in Vancouver Friday (Sept. 15, 2023) as part of the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels marches in Canada this weekend. (Vancouver traffic cameras/Vancouver.ca)

Global climate march weekend begins in B.C. with Vancouver protest

Protesters have taken to the streets of Vancouver; David Suzuki to speak at legislature in Victoria

Protesters march down Cambie Street in Vancouver Friday (Sept. 15, 2023) as part of the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels marches in Canada this weekend. (Vancouver traffic cameras/Vancouver.ca)
Tashi Townley took this photo of a Mola mola in Kyuoquot Sound being observed by Megan Komori-Kennedy and Violet Komori. Marine Education Resource Society Facebook.

Hola Mola! Researchers tracking massive tropical fish off Vancouver Island

Marine Education Resource Society is collecting data on sightings from the public

Tashi Townley took this photo of a Mola mola in Kyuoquot Sound being observed by Megan Komori-Kennedy and Violet Komori. Marine Education Resource Society Facebook.
A large majority of Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is behind an increase in extreme weather a new national poll suggests. Thick smoke from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire fills the air and a Canadian flag flies in the wind as RCMP officers on a boat patrol Shuswap Lake, in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canadians blame climate change for weather, not likely to change habits

Leger poll finds 72% of respondents are worried, or very worried about situation

A large majority of Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is behind an increase in extreme weather a new national poll suggests. Thick smoke from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire fills the air and a Canadian flag flies in the wind as RCMP officers on a boat patrol Shuswap Lake, in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Marine heat waves haven’t had a lasting effect on fish populations along Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts says a study, showing there is still a chance to act on climate change. A diver with non-profit Reef Renewal USA cleans and maintains a coral nursery, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, near Tavernier, Fla., in the Florida Keys. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Wilfredo Lee

Heat waves not frying fish stocks as one would expect, UBC study finds

Study shows heat waves and fish stocks have a complicated relationship

Marine heat waves haven’t had a lasting effect on fish populations along Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts says a study, showing there is still a chance to act on climate change. A diver with non-profit Reef Renewal USA cleans and maintains a coral nursery, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, near Tavernier, Fla., in the Florida Keys. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Wilfredo Lee
A new analysis has found that western Canada was one of the global hot spots in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record. A man cools off at a temporary misting station deployed by the city in the Downtown Eastside due to a heat wave, in Vancouver, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. part of a hot spot in a hot world this record-breaking summer

Study says Western Canadian temperatures spiked at a rate ranking 7th in the world

A new analysis has found that western Canada was one of the global hot spots in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record. A man cools off at a temporary misting station deployed by the city in the Downtown Eastside due to a heat wave, in Vancouver, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
FILE - A World Youth Day volunteer uses a small fan to cool off from the intense heat, as he waits ahead of the Pope Francis arrival at Passeio Marítimo in Algés, just outside Lisbon, Aug. 6, 2023. UN weather agency says Earth sweltered through the hottest summer ever as record heat in August capped a brutal, deadly three months in northern hemisphere. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

More summer heat in 2023 than this world has ever before recorded

August 2023 was 2nd hottest month ever recorded after July 2023

FILE - A World Youth Day volunteer uses a small fan to cool off from the intense heat, as he waits ahead of the Pope Francis arrival at Passeio Marítimo in Algés, just outside Lisbon, Aug. 6, 2023. UN weather agency says Earth sweltered through the hottest summer ever as record heat in August capped a brutal, deadly three months in northern hemisphere. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
Students await their bus on Douglas Highway Tuesday morning for the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

Back to school arrives with affordabilty, AI, climate change issues

Most families, however, are focused on the usual change of routines

Students await their bus on Douglas Highway Tuesday morning for the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)
Tyler Basham paints the grass outside a house in Maple Ridge, B.C. on Thursday, August 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Paint it green: B.C. firm offering lawns Mother Nature won’t allow

Tinted Turf Grass Solutions spray-painting away the browns of our ongoing drought

Tyler Basham paints the grass outside a house in Maple Ridge, B.C. on Thursday, August 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C. farmers say they’re increasingly concerned about climate change and the impacts of extreme weather on food production in the province. People work on a farm as gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle in the distance at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, in Delta, B.C., on Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s agriculture industry at forefront of climate change reality

B.C. producers are still trying to get a clear picture of the damages wrought by the ongoing fires

B.C. farmers say they’re increasingly concerned about climate change and the impacts of extreme weather on food production in the province. People work on a farm as gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle in the distance at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, in Delta, B.C., on Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Lower East Adams Lake wildfire in B.C.’s Shuswap region is shown in a handout photo. Wildfire crews in British Columbia are bracing for an incoming weather system expected to bring strong winds and dry lightning by Thursday, but conditions are already flaring in at least two areas of the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service

Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as 2 B.C. wildfires surge

Okanagan-Similkameen, Squamish-Lillooet issue evacuation orders

The Lower East Adams Lake wildfire in B.C.’s Shuswap region is shown in a handout photo. Wildfire crews in British Columbia are bracing for an incoming weather system expected to bring strong winds and dry lightning by Thursday, but conditions are already flaring in at least two areas of the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service
A marine layer hangs in the air as a SeaBus passenger ferry crosses Burrard Inlet, in Vancouver, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. As temperature records are shattered across southern British Columbia this week amid a scorching heat wave, the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC is sounding the alarm about the ongoing risks to animals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. wildlife association reports uptick in heat-related calls

Group offers advice as health issues, clashes with people and pets climb with the temperature

A marine layer hangs in the air as a SeaBus passenger ferry crosses Burrard Inlet, in Vancouver, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. As temperature records are shattered across southern British Columbia this week amid a scorching heat wave, the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC is sounding the alarm about the ongoing risks to animals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Portable air conditioners are seen at a store in Vancouver, on Saturday, August 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Air conditioners ‘a necessity’ as B.C. breaks nearly century-old heat records

Lytton registered the hottest temperature in B.C. — 41.5 C on Monday

Portable air conditioners are seen at a store in Vancouver, on Saturday, August 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Forecasted winds pose biggest wildfire threat amid heat wave

BC Wildfire Service expects the worst impact of heat to be felt later this week

A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Motorists traveling on the Cariboo Highway cross a bridge over the swollen Bonaparte River, north of Cache Creek, B.C., on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Environment Canada says unseasonably hot temperatures in British Columbia will persist over the coming days, with special weather statements warning of high river streamflows due to melting snow in hard-hit communities in the province’s interior. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Records tumble as B.C. heat wave spreads, hitting 40 C

By 4 p.m. Monday at least 12 daily heat records had fallen across B.C.

Motorists traveling on the Cariboo Highway cross a bridge over the swollen Bonaparte River, north of Cache Creek, B.C., on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Environment Canada says unseasonably hot temperatures in British Columbia will persist over the coming days, with special weather statements warning of high river streamflows due to melting snow in hard-hit communities in the province’s interior. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Crews worked quickly to douse flames that broke out Sunday on a hill just above Teck Resources’ Trail operations, potentially threatening the work site as well as some homes near the community of Warfield, B.C. Smoke from the fire is shown in this handout from BC Wildfire Service. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service

Sizzling hot spell settles over B.C., adding to wildfire woes

Wildfire crews battling several major blazes around British Columbia had a busy…

Crews worked quickly to douse flames that broke out Sunday on a hill just above Teck Resources’ Trail operations, potentially threatening the work site as well as some homes near the community of Warfield, B.C. Smoke from the fire is shown in this handout from BC Wildfire Service. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service