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Last updated at 8:13 AM on August 26, 2025 (Pacific Standard Time)

Latest news on Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County

"...It's hazy across the Halifax area on Tuesday morning as the winds shift forcing wildfire smoke from Annapolis County on the provincial capital. Halifax County is under a special air quality statement,..."

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Canada ponders deeper energy ties with Germany through critical minerals partnership

"...Canada is signing a critical minerals partnership with Germany that encourages the joint public financing of natural resources projects. Prime Minister Mark Carney says for too long, key Canadian minerals such as nickel and cobalt have gone underdeveloped while China and Russia dominate the global critical minerals market. Carney says the two countries also aim to closely co-operate in energy, including on liquefied natural gas and hydrogen energy..."

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Records fall and heat warnings expand across BC, as bad-air advisories are lifted

"...A series of temperature warnings and special weather statements has been expanded as a heat wave that has already broken more than 20 daily heat records settles in over British Columbia. But the Metro Vancouver Regional District says air-quality warnings associated with the hot weather, combined with wildfire smoke and local emissions, have now ended. The district says the smog warnings have been lifted for northeast and southeast Metro Vancouver, as well as the eastern and central Fraser Valley..."

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Atlantic Canada's

"...The wildfire season this year across Atlantic Canada is being called unprecedented by many fire officials in the region..."

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Arborists with Canada's tree nurseries wonder,

"...Wildfires have burned about seven per cent of Canada's forests roughly 27. 3 million hectares since 2023, and the countrys tree nurseries are wondering how they can possibly keep up. Tree nurseries primarily rely on the logging industry for income..."

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Threat of oxygen-poor

"...The spectre of low-oxygen dead zones is surfacing along BCs Central Coast, threatening the regions rich marine ecosystems and fisheries.  Widespread hypoxia when oxygen levels in the ocean fall below levels required by marine life is being detected in the deep waters of Queen Charlotte Sound for the first time, said Sam Stevens, an oceanographer at the Hakai Institute and lead author of a new study.  Aggravated worldwide by climate change since warmer oceans generally hold less oxygen, marine hypoxia is now beginning to impact the sound, sandwiched between northern Vancouver Island and south of Haida Gwaii..."

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Canada eyes deeper energy ties with Germany through critical minerals partnership

"...Carney also said Tuesday that the two countries aim to closely co-operate in energy, including on liquefied natural gas and hydrogen energy..."

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Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

"...Pakistans National Disaster Management Authority said it had issued an advance alert to its Punjabi counterparts about a surge in the Sutlej River and the risk of flooding, and that evacuations from various districts in the eastern Punjab province were underway..."

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Heavy rain falls in parts of Southeast Asia after tropical storm blows into Vietnam

"...Vietnam's government had planned to evacuate nearly 600,000 people in the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Danang, where more than 152,000 homes were in high-risk areas. More than 16,500 soldiers and 107,000 paramilitary personnel were assisting with evacuations or were on standby for search and rescue, state media said..."

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Support for electric vehicle mandates softening in B.C., poll suggests Globalnews.ca

"...The Ipsos poll, commissioned by the Energy Futures Institute, found that 56 per cent of respondents opposed EV mandates, up three points from last year, while just 34 per cent supported them. “In British Columbia, we've gone on embarking on the most aggressive electric vehicle mandates in all of North America before we have the infrastructure to support it,” said Energy Futures Institute chair Barry Penner..."

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Podcasts

Recent episodes relevant to the latest news and opinion.

342 Aaron Huang - How ranching (and eating) of millions of zombie sea urchins could restore the massive kelp forests of the U.S

Duration: 1:09:05

"...A conversation with Aaron Huang, founder of OoNee Sustainable Sea Urchin Ranch, to dive into the world of sea urchin ranching and its connections to high-end fish restaurants, many of which fly their sea urchins in from Japan..."

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TCS 111. Crownsmen Partners: Unpacking AI, Energy & Management

Duration: 43:38

"...In this episode, Jerrod, Roy, and Rory dive into major industry topics, from effective management strategies to AI in mining, and the Cedar LNG projects impact on Indigenous partnerships and energy markets..."

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Episode #66: Jon Stika

Duration: 58:04

"...Jon Stika is a writer, agronomist, and former soil health instructor with the USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)..."

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Guarding the harvest: Tips for on-farm fire safety and prevention

Duration: 9:58

"...With a spring fire season that has fired up early and hot in Western Canada, there is no time like today to start working on a fire prevention plan..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.

Suppression of ?Handover? Processes in a Mountain Convective Boundary Layer due to Persistent Wildfire Smoke

"...These events often occurred under otherwise clear-sky, anticyclonic weather conditions and can have significant impacts on surface temperatures, air quality, and surface radiation and energy budgets..."

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Modelling hourly spatio-temporal PM2.5 concentration in wildfire scenarios using dynamic linear models

"...5) is one of the main pollutants generated in wildfire events with negative impacts on human health..."

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Tamm review: The effects of prescribed fire on wildfire regimes and impacts: A framework for comparison

"...Examples include improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and enhanced ecosystem resilience..."

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Beyond trees: Mapping total aboveground biomass density in the Brazilian savanna using high-density UAV-lidar data

"...However, their ability to store and sequester carbon is uncertain due to combined and intermingling effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change, which impact wildfire regimes and vegetation dynamics..."

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Study on blazing wildfires at the outeniqua pass in South Africa during the october/november 2018 period

"...The wildfire destroyed vast amounts of vegetation and released large amounts of pollutants into the atmosphere..."

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Diabetes and climate change: current evidence and implications for people with diabetes, clinicians and policy stakeholders

"...Impaired responses to heat stress, including compromised vasodilation and sweating, diabetes-related comorbidities, insulin resistance and chronic low-grade inflammation make people with diabetes particularly vulnerable to environmental risk factors, such as extreme weather events and air pollution..."

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Air Pollution Interactions with Weather and Climate Extremes: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Future Directions

"...This review paper provides a concise synthesis of recent scientific advances, current knowledge gaps, and future directions on air pollution interactions with weather and climate extremes, such as extreme precipitation, floods, droughts, wildfires, and heat waves..."

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Impact of wildfire on particulate matter in the southeastern United States in November 2016

"...Moreover, differently from the previous studies, this study took a further step to reveal the mechanism of the aerosol direct effect on the deterioration of air quality during wildfire, mainly through the modulation of reduction in surface downward shortwave radiation, planetary boundary layer height and wind speed, subsequently, facilitating pollution accumulation..."

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Bark attributes determine variation in fire resistance in resprouting tree species

"...Predicting the impact of wildfires on ecosystem services and habitat values requires quantifying rates of post-fire tree mortality and topkill..."

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The Environment and Headache: a Narrative Review

"...Air pollution was the most frequently assessed environmental risk factor..."

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Health impact analysis of PM2.5 from wildfire smoke in Canada (2013–2015, 2017–2018)

"...Smoke from wildfires contains many air pollutants of concern and epidemiological studies have identified associations between exposure to wildfire smoke PM2..."

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