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Western Canada a global hot spot over summer months: Climate Central study

Western Canada a global hot spot over summer months: Climate Central study

Western Canada was a global hot spot in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record, according to a new analysis.
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Quebec man, 37, charged with arson in connection with wildfires in province's north

Quebec man, 37, charged with arson in connection with wildfires in province's north

Quebec provincial police have arrested a man for arson in connection with numerous forest fires that burned earlier this summer in the province's north.
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Man struck by tree while cleaning hurricane debris is third Florida death from Hurricane Idalia

Man struck by tree while cleaning hurricane debris is third Florida death from Hurricane Idalia

CROSS CITY, Fla. (AP) — An elderly man who was cleaning debris from Hurricane Idalia in north Florida when a tree fell on him has been declared the state's third death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Thursday.
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New Ontario minister touts progress on housing recommendations, but without detail

New Ontario minister touts progress on housing recommendations, but without detail

TORONTO — Ontario's new housing minister says the government has "fully implemented" 21 of its housing affordability task force's recommendations, but his office won't say which ones.
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'Stop Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta

'Stop Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities arrested five activists, including two wearing clerical attire, who chained themselves to a bulldozer Thursday to halt construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that opponents call “Cop City.
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Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least 6 dead and 6 missing, villages cut off

Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least 6 dead and 6 missing, villages cut off

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread flooding in central Greece left at least six people dead, six missing and dozens trapped, with severe rainstorms feeding raging torrents that burst dams, washed away roads and bridges, hurled cars into the sea and lef
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Who's that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off

Who's that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off

I was sitting in solitude earlier this summer in an Adirondack chair in my backyard, when I realized I wasn't as alone as I'd thought.
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Federal judge deals another serious blow to proposed copper-nickel mine on edge Minnesota wilderness

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dealt another serious setback to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota, dismissing the company's lawsuit that sought to regain the c
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Wetlands permit dispute pauses construction on $2 billion Scout Motors electric SUV plant

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Construction work has been temporarily stopped on a $2 billion new electric vehicle plant in South Carolina being built by a Volkswagen Group-backed group trying to revive a brand that was a forerunner to today’s SUVs.
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Missing windsurfer from Space Coast is second Florida death from Idalia

Missing windsurfer from Space Coast is second Florida death from Idalia

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A windsurfer who went missing off Florida's Space Coast the day that Hurricane Idalia made landfall last week has been declared the state's second death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Wednesday.
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