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'Unprecedented': Severe Calgary hail storm caused $2.8 billion in damage last month

'Unprecedented': Severe Calgary hail storm caused $2.8 billion in damage last month

CALGARY — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says a severe hail storm that battered Calgary last month is the second-costliest event in Canadian history. The bureau says the initial damage estimates come from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc.
Canadian CEOs worry about climate change 'all or most of the time': survey

Canadian CEOs worry about climate change 'all or most of the time': survey

CALGARY — The proportion of Canadian business leaders who say they are worried about climate change jumped dramatically in 2024.
What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate

What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate

Amid a barrage of climate-infused weather disasters such as flooding and hurricanes , along with the shattering of heat records, wildfires and many Americans growing concerned about the planet's warming , climate change was barely discussed during th
Most of Canada is predicted to have a warmer-than-normal fall: The Weather Network

Most of Canada is predicted to have a warmer-than-normal fall: The Weather Network

TORONTO — Don't put away your summer wardrobe just yet – The Weather Network says most Canadians are in for a warm fall.
The Mississippi River is running low again. It’s a problem for farmers moving beans and grain

The Mississippi River is running low again. It’s a problem for farmers moving beans and grain

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year , forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits.
Brazil's Lula pledges to finish paving road that experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation

Brazil's Lula pledges to finish paving road that experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In a visit to see the damage caused by drought and fire in the Amazon , President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged to pave a road that environmentalists and some in his own government say threatens to vastly increase destruct

Workers at UK's biggest steel plant get better severance deal ahead of green transition

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government unveiled on Wednesday details of a new support package for workers who face losing their jobs at the country's biggest steel plant ahead of its transition to a greener way of production.
Peggy's Cove guardians keep visitors safe at beautiful but deadly N.S. tourist site

Peggy's Cove guardians keep visitors safe at beautiful but deadly N.S. tourist site

PEGGY'S COVE — Japneet Singh, a security patroller at Nova Scotia's famed Peggy's Cove — a longtime treasure of Atlantic Canada’s coastline southwest of Halifax — is no stranger to the perils of the sea.

UK government secures better severance deal for workers at country's biggest steel plant

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government unveiled on Wednesday details of a new support package for workers who face losing their jobs at the country's biggest steel plant ahead of its transition to a greener way of production.
One jellyfish arrived in B.C. decades ago. Thousands of clones spread to 34 waterways

One jellyfish arrived in B.C. decades ago. Thousands of clones spread to 34 waterways

VANCOUVER — Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia.
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