• Mudslides strand tourists in Peruvian mountains CBC - Thu Jan 28, 1:31 PM

    Some 1,500 travellers are still stranded near the former Inca citadel and popular tourist destination Machu Picchu in Peru after mudslides from days of flooding cut a railway that is the only route to the remote area in the Andean mountains.

  • UN panel defends climate change evidence
    UN panel defends climate change evidence AFP - Tue Jan 26, 7:38 AM

    GENEVA (AFP) - The UN climate panel has rejected as "baseless and misleading" a newspaper report that raised doubts about the evidence behind a claim that global warming is linked to worsening natural disasters.

  • B.C. windstorm linked to fisherman's death
    B.C. windstorm linked to fisherman's death CBC - Mon Jan 18, 6:19 PM

    A storm that roared across the south B.C. coast Monday knocking down trees, power lines and ferry service may have also claimed a life.

  • Windstorm batters B.C. South Coast
    Windstorm batters B.C. South Coast CBC - Mon Jan 18, 2:33 PM

    High winds wreaked havoc on the southern coast of B.C., knocking out power to thousands, shutting the Lions Gate Bridge, closing schools and forcing cancellation of some ferries.

  • B.C. deluge brings flooding, water ban
    B.C. deluge brings flooding, water ban CBC - Fri Jan 15, 9:09 AM

    More heavy rain and snow continue to fall across much of B.C., causing flooding on Vancouver Island, contaminating water supplies in one Okanagan town, and raising the risk of avalanches in many mountain areas.