Magnitude 6.8 quake in Ecuador causes extensive damage and fatalities over the weekend
A magnitude 6.8 quake in Ecuador causes extensive damage and fatalities over the weekend
A magnitude 6.8 quake in Ecuador causes extensive damage and fatalities over the weekend
It may feel more like December than the end of March across the Prairies this week in a “blast to the past.”
To add to the drama, both major cities are expected to have rainfall developing on the final day of March, spilling into April.
The red tide in Florida washed up many dead fish on the state's southwestern coast. This map shows where the red tide is now.
An elder from a First Nation in western Saskatchewan wants a public apology from the provincial government, after conservation officers raided his home in 2021 and confiscated moose meat he says was given to him by community members for a ceremonial gathering and feast. Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Elder Doug Morningchild, 70, spoke along with his wife, Flora Morningchild — a medicine woman — and their friend Gale Takakenew at a Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations news conference on Fri
Dangerous storms moved into parts of the South on Sunday, two days after tornadoes gutted towns and left more than two dozen people dead. Updates.
In Smithers, B.C., Sundays are shift-change days. The grocery store parking lots fill with work trucks bearing bumper stickers that proclaim love for Canadian pipelines. The highway becomes a stream of pickups, their orange safety flags — that tower above the trucks on the worksite for visibility — tucked down for travel. Outside a local hotel, vehicles assigned to a controversial RCMP unit tasked with policing opposition to industrial projects make up a majority of the trucks and SUVs flanking
Australian scientists have found a way to produce hydrogen directly from seawater, skipping the need for desalination and its associated cost
The storms have killed 26 and devastated rural towns, with Rolling Fork almost completely wiped out.
Car manufacturers will be required to produce a set proportion of electric vehicles from January 2024 under a new “mandate” to be announced this week.
Ontario's messy spring storm this weekend also includes the first thunderstorm chance of the season for some in the south
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama. The tornado devastated a swath of the Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and to
Experts say collaring the wolves and tracking their movements is a critical part of rehabilitating the diminished population.
Rebecca Basset was walking her dogs along a popular gravel trail in Saskatoon when she came across a coyote. The Saskatoon woman said there are often distant sightings of the animals in the Crocus Prairie area, near the Northeast Swale, around dawn and dusk. But this one was different. "The coyote had come out of the bushes and approached the gravel trail," said Basset, who spotted the coyote on March 17. The animal approached "boldly, but not aggressively — not with a threat, but almost a sense
Environment Canada has ended winter storm warnings for eastern Newfoundland, but some areas are still being hit with strong winds and heavy snow Saturday afternoon. Parts of the island were under a winter storm warning since Friday afternoon, with as much as 30 centimetres of snow expected in all. Brendan Sawchuk, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the St. John's area saw 18 to 20 centimetres of snow by Saturday morning, with the Burin Peninsula facing 15 to 20 centimetres of snow. He
Here’s when to expect the next round of rain and snow.
The cephalopod was twisting in a mud flat before a group of people sprang to the rescue.
WTVA meteorologist Matt Laubhan was heard saying, ‘Dear Jesus, please help them’, as he urged local people to seek safety. Sheila Flynn hears from a grateful local resident who took cover when she she heard him say ‘deadly’
At least 26 people killed as tornado leaves behind a sea of destruction
Imagine sitting down to dinner and cutting into the perfectly cooked piece of wild salmon you just got on sale at the grocery store. But between the layers of succulent pink fillet you pull out a small piece of blue plastic. The scenario sounds outrageous, but it’s true. Canada produces more than four million tons of plastic waste each year. And the problem has only become worse since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Takeout containers virtually replaced all the lost restaurant meals, plastic
Calgary had a particularly snowy winter this year — with parts of the city still blanketed in snow — but horticulturalists say that snowpack is a great resource for gardeners. Meteorological winter, which spans December, January and February, was the sixth snowiest winter on record for Calgary, according to Environment Canada. That means lots of snow is still in people's yards and garden beds. "I look at snow as a wonderful resource," said Kath Smyth, horticulturist at the Calgary Horticultural