Fire Weather Index (FWI) Canadian FWI Map A numerical rating of fire intensity that combines ISI and BUI. It is suitable as a general index of fire danger throughout the forested areas of Canada.

A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world’s peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But ...

Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario is marking the 30th anniversary of being under a boil-water advisory — the longest in Canada — by renewing calls to fix the crisis once and for all. As ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

As Canada rushes to meet its goal of 5.8 million new homes by 2030, policy changes are urgently needed to avoid billions in ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Jurors are to decide whether a Manitoba man ran down and executed a neighbour he had caught stealing from his property or if ...

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have ...

Wildfire smoke from the Palisades and Eaton fires blankets Los Angeles County. Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke and soot, some of them seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area ...

An internal UCP memo written by a cabinet minister is urging Premier Danielle Smith to temporarily remove Adriana LaGrange as ...

A rush to fix Canada's housing shortage may placing some new homes at risk of damage by flood and fire, says a new report ...