High flood risk thanks to relentless rain
Atlantic flow will bring warmth and over 100mm of rain to the central Maritimes, heightening the flood risk across southern New Brunswick into the weekend
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CBCOrca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month
The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after she swam out on her own early Friday morning. The nation said kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, swam over the sandbar and out into open water during high tide around 2:30 a.m. PT. After a long night of feeding kʷiisaḥiʔis and watching the calf play in the lagoon, the nation said, a small group "stood as witnesses to watch her swim under the bri
- CBC
B.C. man captures video of 2 bear cubs waking from winter slumber
A winter walk paid off months later for a Prince George, B.C., family who captured footage of a family of bears waking up from hibernation. Serge Wolf lives on a rural property with his wife and two children in the north-central B.C. city, about 500 kilometres north of Vancouver. Wolf and his family were hiking through the woods in January when his four-year-old daughter noticed a hole in the ground. "I thought immediately, well, it has to be a den," Wolf said. His suspicions were confirmed when
- CBC
'There's no water': This duck hunter in Fort Smith, N.W.T., went out and found no ducks
Earl Evans has been duck hunting in the springtime around Fort Smith, N.W.T., for 50 years. This past week, he and a friend went out to their usual spot, about 15 kilometres west of the community in the Slave River wetlands. And for the first time, Evans returned home from that hunt without a single duck. "We stopped and looked around and everything was just still, just dead," Evans said. "It felt like we were on the moon.""That's the most devastating feeling in the world for a person that likes
- Miami Herald
Ocean predator missing since 1800s appears in fishers’ net in Chile. Take a look
The species has only been recorded a few times since 1887, researchers said.
- The Canadian Press
Red gold: Climate change plays role as saffron cultivation comes to Nova Scotia
When Matthew Roy moved from New Hampshire in 2020 to start a farm in southwestern Nova Scotia, one of the new crops he zeroed in on was saffron. A spice so expensive that it has been dubbed red gold, saffron is traditionally grown in Iran, India, Afghanistan, Spain and a handful of other countries. "We decided that we would bring two new crops to Nova Scotia, specifically because of the changing climate," Roy said recently from his four-year-old Coastal Grove Farm in Upper Port La Tour, N.S. (Th
- The Canadian Press
Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of Wyoming's tourism agency are being flooded with comments urging people to steer clear of the Cowboy State amid accusations that a man struck a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut and showed off the
- CNN
Devastating tornadoes flatten homes in Nebraska and Iowa as storm threat grows ‘dangerous’ for millions
Destructive tornadoes gutted homes as they plowed through Nebraska and Iowa, and the “dangerous” weather threat escalated significantly on Saturday as tornado-spawning storms posed a risk from Michigan to Texas.
- The Weather Network - Video
Tornado outbreak leads to winter weather for Canadians
The same system responsible for multiple tornadoes on Friday across Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa will run into arctic air over northern Ontario, resulting in winter weather from Winnipeg to Lake Superior
- The Weather Network
Muggy air, storm risk build in southern Ontario this weekend
Temperatures and humidity are on the rise across southern Ontario as unsettled weather pushes into the region
- Euronews
Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change
A new report shows where has wine production dried up the most in Europe.
- Miami Herald
River creature — with a white ‘collar’ — discovered as a new species in Colombia
The aquatic animal has a “wide” mouth and see-through fins.
- CBC
What you need to know to stay up-to-date on Alberta wildfires
Poor internet connection? Access a low-bandwidth, accessible version of this story on CBC Lite.Wildfire season is well underway in Alberta, with some communities already being forced to evacuate and provincial government officials implementing fire restrictions.Last year marked a record wildfire year, burning more than 2.2 million hectares in Alberta. But drought helped several dozen fires survive throughout the winter and has left various regions even drier than a year ago, resulting in an earl
- The Weather Network
Weekend warmup brings rain, possible thunder into southern Ontario
Warm-weather lovers are in for a little treat this weekend as above-seasonal temperatures build over southern Ontario, but it comes with a rainy cost
- Fresno Bee
‘Kitten season’ in Fresno: When baby cats are left to die – in water, dumpsters, plastic bags
“We are trying desperately to get people to know that killing kittens doesn’t solve the problem.”
- ABC News
Tornado threat continues after 4 injured, hundreds of homes damaged
The multi-day tornado outbreak continues Saturday, with powerful storms expected from Texas to the Great Lakes. There is a tornado watch in effect for parts of six states, from Texas to Iowa into the late evening. A moderate risk -- level 4 out of 5 -- is in the outlook for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Saturday, with storms expected to flare up again in the afternoon and evening across a huge area of the country.
- United Press International
Clean-up, damage assessment underway in Omaha after major tornado outbreak
Clean-up efforts and assessments of the devastation wrought by an outbreak of more than two dozen tornadoes were underway Saturday in Omaha, Neb., as forecasters warned of more trouble ahead.
- France 24
Russian missiles strike four Ukrainian thermal power stations
Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukrainian power facilities on Saturday, hitting locations in the centre and west of the country, damaging equipment and injuring at least one energy worker, officials said. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on the Telegram messaging app that the Russian strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine and the western regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk.DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, said its four thermal powe
- The Independent
Tornadoes flatten homes in Nebraska as storms threaten parts of the Midwest
Unstable weather conditions promoted an outbreak of tornadoes in parts of Nebraska and Iowa on Friday
- The Weather Network - Video
Taste of early summer for Ontario as weekend warmth, storm risk build
Above seasonal temperatures, moisture, and instability spells trouble across southern Ontario this weekend. More details with Meteorologist Melinda Singh.
- BBC
Ozone hole: Why Antarctic wildlife is being 'sunburnt’
A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV.