Climate change

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey and Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, left to right, field questions at the closing news conference at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax on March 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey and Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, left to right, field questions at the closing news conference at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax on March 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
B.C’s Health Minister Adrian Dix, here seen in Surrey, has announced $10 million for 8,000 air-conditioners for vulnerable populations. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. cranks up $10 million for 8,000 air conditioners for vulnerable citizens

Units will be provided through a BC Hydro application process over the next 3 years

B.C’s Health Minister Adrian Dix, here seen in Surrey, has announced $10 million for 8,000 air-conditioners for vulnerable populations. (Black Press Media file photo)
A house sits on high ground among flooded farmland in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. The final version of Canada’s plan to make communities more resilient to the effects of climate change will be released today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Future infrastructure funding to require climate change be taken into account

By 2025, provinces will have to build climate resilience into recovery plans to get federal help

A house sits on high ground among flooded farmland in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. The final version of Canada’s plan to make communities more resilient to the effects of climate change will be released today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Faster approvals for major projects will be key to achieving climate goals: Report

But the report’s authors say Canada already has a reputation as a place where major projects can’t get built

The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Twenty-one per cent of Canadians are concerned about their workplace’s ability to endure the effects of climate change (Matthew N. Wells/The Daily World; AP Photo/Noah Berger)

1-in-5 Canadians worried about job stability amid extreme weather events: poll

Additionally, 32 per cent of Canadians are concerned about cyberattacks during a natural disaster

Twenty-one per cent of Canadians are concerned about their workplace’s ability to endure the effects of climate change (Matthew N. Wells/The Daily World; AP Photo/Noah Berger)
FILE - A couple walk through a flooded road of Lugo, Italy, May 18, 2023. The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast are another soggy dose of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather extremes, something that has been happening around the globe, scientists say. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - A couple walk through a flooded road of Lugo, Italy, May 18, 2023. The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast are another soggy dose of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather extremes, something that has been happening around the globe, scientists say. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Organizer Manvi Bhalla (fifth from left) and a delegation of youths deliver 90 cover letters applying for a yet-to-be-created “Youth Climate Corps” to constituency manager Bernadette Kudzin (left) outside Delta MP Carla Qualtrough’s constituency office in Ladner on Monday, May 8, 2023. (Submitted photo)

B.C. youth send feds 90 cover letters for ‘good, green jobs’ to fight climate crisis

Applications for non-existent ‘Youth Climate Corps’ delivered to employment minister’s office May 8

Organizer Manvi Bhalla (fifth from left) and a delegation of youths deliver 90 cover letters applying for a yet-to-be-created “Youth Climate Corps” to constituency manager Bernadette Kudzin (left) outside Delta MP Carla Qualtrough’s constituency office in Ladner on Monday, May 8, 2023. (Submitted photo)
This photo provided by the Italian Firefighters shows firefighters rescuing a person from a flooded house in Riccione, in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Unusually heavy rains have caused major flooding in Emilia Romagna, where trains were stopped and schools were closed in many towns while people were asked to leave the ground floors of their homes and to avoid going out. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 8, cancel Formula One Grand Prix

Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers…

This photo provided by the Italian Firefighters shows firefighters rescuing a person from a flooded house in Riccione, in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Unusually heavy rains have caused major flooding in Emilia Romagna, where trains were stopped and schools were closed in many towns while people were asked to leave the ground floors of their homes and to avoid going out. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)
Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada, South Korea agree to work together on clean-energy supply chains

‘We need to be clear-eyed about where we co-operate with China’: Trudeau

Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Burnt out trucks from a wildfire sit on a property near Drayton Valley, Alta., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Western Canada braces for early heat wave, raising wildfire risk in Alberta and B.C.

Little to no precipitation on the horizon as west heats up heading into the weekend

Burnt out trucks from a wildfire sit on a property near Drayton Valley, Alta., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
The BC Coroners Service confirmed that 619 people died during the 2021 heat dome between June 25 and July 1. Provincial emergency official do not anticipate a heat dome scenario with temperatures expected to surge this week, but are able to respond if necessary. (Black Press Media file photo)

Province prepared as temperatures poised to surge in B.C., says emergency minister

Emergency Minister Ma does not anticipate ‘heat-dome scenario’ but province ready to issue alerts

The BC Coroners Service confirmed that 619 people died during the 2021 heat dome between June 25 and July 1. Provincial emergency official do not anticipate a heat dome scenario with temperatures expected to surge this week, but are able to respond if necessary. (Black Press Media file photo)
Fenchurch Avenue in Princeton after the flood of Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Three hundred homes were damaged by the flooding.
(Andrea DeMeer file photo)

Princeton and Merritt mayors call for climate change help

The mayors spoke to the federal government on May 4 for their still flood-impacted communities

Fenchurch Avenue in Princeton after the flood of Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Three hundred homes were damaged by the flooding.
(Andrea DeMeer file photo)
A man sunbathes on a hot spring day in Madrid, Spain, on April 18, 2023. Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, said Monday May 8, 2023 the average daily temperature in April was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 Fahrenheit), that is 3 degrees Celsius above the average. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Spain records hottest and driest April on record

3 years of scant rainfall and high temperatures put the country officially into long-term drought

A man sunbathes on a hot spring day in Madrid, Spain, on April 18, 2023. Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, said Monday May 8, 2023 the average daily temperature in April was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 Fahrenheit), that is 3 degrees Celsius above the average. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)
Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in durng a Vancouver Island salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror
Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in at Ostler Park during Saturday’s salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror

Research finds some Pacific salmon migration out of sync with food supply

SFU research finds changing climate is causing some salmon to migrate out of step with plankton

Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in durng a Vancouver Island salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror
Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in at Ostler Park during Saturday’s salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror
Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has been the pilot location for a project aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Interior Health operations. (Kamloops This Week photo)

Interior Health captures gases in Kamloops pilot project to lower carbon footprint

Waste anesthetic gases are being recaptured to help both the hospital environment and Earth

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Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has been the pilot location for a project aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Interior Health operations. (Kamloops This Week photo)
Donna Schellengberg and students at Pen-Hi put together a message against single-use plastics out of 6,000 repurposed yogurt containers. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

“Not in our landfill” Penticton Secondary students’ message about single-use plastics

The fight for climate change is one the youth of today are championing alongside seniors

Donna Schellengberg and students at Pen-Hi put together a message against single-use plastics out of 6,000 repurposed yogurt containers. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Two men exercise in a park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Spain is experiencing summer temperatures in April as the country confronts another year of drought and the elevated risk of forest fires. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Spain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer

‘This is already unbearable, we are only in April’

Two men exercise in a park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Spain is experiencing summer temperatures in April as the country confronts another year of drought and the elevated risk of forest fires. (AP Photo/Paul White)
FILE - Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, of Ghana, poses for photos at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh. Now 11, Sam is critical of the older generation, saying that “when they had all the power and authority, they didn’t do much to stop global warming,” but “at least some of them have listened,” she says. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Earth’s warriors, young and old, keep battling and hoping

Famous and not-so-famous, there are many people from around the globe who make it their mission to try to save the planet

FILE - Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, of Ghana, poses for photos at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh. Now 11, Sam is critical of the older generation, saying that “when they had all the power and authority, they didn’t do much to stop global warming,” but “at least some of them have listened,” she says. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Bikes are seen for sale at a Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) store in Vancouver on Thursday, March 1, 2018. CEO David Labistour announced Thursday that MEC will stop selling several outdoor equipment brands owned by Vista Outdoor Inc., which is also a gun manufacturer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Outdoor store MEC commits to cutting carbon emissions from products, supply chain

MEC said its goal is to slash emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 and 90 per cent by 2050

Bikes are seen for sale at a Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) store in Vancouver on Thursday, March 1, 2018. CEO David Labistour announced Thursday that MEC will stop selling several outdoor equipment brands owned by Vista Outdoor Inc., which is also a gun manufacturer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Volunteers planting a spruce tree at the Hope River Corbould Park on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

The federal government promised to plant 2 billion trees by 2030, it’s nowhere close

Unless things drastically change, it won’t even get one-tenth of those trees in the ground

Volunteers planting a spruce tree at the Hope River Corbould Park on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)