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As firefighters and other first responders battle an unprecedented summer of fires, floods, tornadoes and heat waves around the country, a group of Canadian scientists are asking why they're happening in the first place.

VICTORIA — The forest and brush around the international airport at Cranbrook, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, has been scorched in an all-out effort to protect the vital transportation link from an encroaching wildfire, airport manager Tristen Chernove said Friday.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia's Okanagan, Thompson, and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid 30s into the weekend.

Wildfire smoke hanging over communities across Canada in recent months has highlighted the need for better ventilation in buildings used by the public, experts say, urging the establishment of strong indoor air quality standards.

When Reese Lange was in kindergarten, she dreamed of joining the police. But it was in high school that she decided on her true calling.

From waterspouts to ice storms, there are hundreds of different ways changes in the climate can manifest themselves.

Outdoor water use is banned, and a packed town hall meeting Tuesday night was told that if the drought persists in Tofino, more drastic measures will be on the table

The death of a nine-year-old СÀ¶ÊÓƵ boy whose asthma was exacerbated by wildfire smoke is a horrific example of how dangerous poor air quality can be for people suffering from underlying respiratory and cardiac conditions, experts say.

People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress.

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