Canada sees warm temperatures in several provinces, breaks 119-year-old record

Mar 19, 2024, at 03:14 am

Toronto/IBNS: Regions throughout Canada, including areas of Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon are reaching an upward trend of record-breaking daily temperatures.

Huge wildfire blankets southern British Columbia, forces thousands to leave home

Aug 22, 2023, at 04:12 am

Vancouver/IBNS: Out-of-control wildfires have destroyed several structures in British Columbia leading to poor air quality provincewide and forcing tens of thousands to leave their homes.

Canada: Officials declare state of emergency in British Columbia as wildfires force evacuations in Kelowna

Aug 19, 2023, at 06:08 am

Okanagan (B.C.)/IBNS: Evacuation orders were reportedly issued after a wildfire jumped Lake Okanagan, sparking spot wildfires in Kelowna and forcing thousands of people to leave from their homes in British Columbia's Okanagan.

Canada: Donnie Creek Wildfire largest in British Columbia's history, says Wildfire Service

Jun 21, 2023, at 05:16 am

Vancouver/IBNS: Donnie Creek wildfire in British Columbia (BC) has grown into the largest blaze ever recorded in the province's history, Wildfire Service reports.

Canada British Columbia's heat wave conditions lower, temperature still soars

May 19, 2023, at 04:49 am

Vancouver/IBNS: Although heatwave conditions are lowering across Canada's British Columbia, the province continues to record soaring temperatures.

Canada: British Columbia to roll out fall COVID-19 vaccine boosters this weekend

Sep 08, 2022, at 04:59 am

Vancouver/IBNS: Pending the arrival of the first shipment of Omicron-targeting bivalent doses, the government of British Columbia (B.C.) is about to begin rolling out COVID-19 vaccine boosters by the end of the week.

Canada: British Columbia health authorities declare COVID-19 outbreak in Central Okanagan region

Jul 30, 2021, at 06:04 am

Interior Health (B.C.)/IBNS: British Columbia declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the Central Okanagan region which accounts for more than half of the Canadian province's daily and active COVID-19 cases.

Canada: A news study promotes action on climate change

Apr 05, 2017, at 01:18 am

Toronto, Apr 4 (IBNS): A new study “Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being” by Tero Mustonen and Kaisu Mustonen has been published on Friday in science, indicating some species moving to cooler areas of the planet to survive the climate change, media reports said.