Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Western Canada

Canada is losing track of its wild salmon — just when we need that knowledge most

Every year, Pacific salmon return from the ocean to the rivers and streams where they were born. These migrations nourish ecosystems, sustain Indigenous cultures and support fisheries that people across Western Canada rely on. Yet something essential has quietly eroded: Canada’s efforts to count wild salmon.

The Conversation

How to include fossil fuel communities in Canada’s clean energy transition

Fossil fuel-dependent communities in Western Canada sit at the centre of Canada’s energy decisions. A just and inclusive clean energy transition will depend on how well governments listen to these communities and how fast they deal with the forces working to slow down energy decarbonization.

The Conversation

Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue

Highly publicized grizzly bear attacks have ignited calls to reopen grizzly trophy hunts across Western Canada. The most recent push came from the B.C. Wildlife Federation, a conservation and hunting advocacy organization that called for a hunting season on grizzlies after a bear attacked a group of schoolchildren in Bella…

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

3 workers rescued from Canadian mine after 60 hours underground

Three workers trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada have been rescued after more than 60 hours underground

The Independent UK

3 workers trapped in a Canadian mine have air, food and water as rescuers try to gain access to them

A mine company says that three workers remain trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada

The Independent UK

Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future

In recent years, Canadians have been subjected to both severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events, as evidenced by the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season and the 2021 heat dome. Western Canada in particular has a long history of wildfires and heat waves, and with climate change, communities have experienced an…

The Conversation

'Zombie' Blazes And Drought: Canada Headed For Another Brutal Fire Season

Beneath the ground in Western Canada, dozens of so-called "zombie fires" that started last year are still burning.

International Business Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Worsening Drought Looms as Western Canada Faces Dry Winter

Learn how Western Canada's dry winter is setting the stage for a worsening drought in 2024. Understand the implications and potential consequences.

Top News

How Arctic landscapes and Canadian cityscapes share a similar pattern

The year 2023 has been one of extremes, from heatwaves that baked millions across the globe and made the summer the world’s hottest on record to the fires that forced tens of thousands to evacuate across Western Canada. From the feel of surprising warmth in the mid-winter sun to the…

The Conversation

Satellite image reveals smoke from ‘unprecedented’ wildfires in western Canada reaches Atlantic Ocean

The image has been captured by the European Union’s Copernicus service

The Independent UK

Jeff Gordon: Jordan Kyrou's scoring surge underscores his long-term value to Blues

Fans questioning Jordan Kyrou’s $65 million contract witnessed its justification during the Blues' recent Western Canada tour.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ukrainian language schools in Western Canada were shaped by shifting settler colonial policies

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of people studying Ukrainian globally via the language learning app Duolingo has grown: figures from March 20 showed a 577 per cent increase.

The Conversation

The window of opportunity to address increasing drought and expanding drylands is vanishing

Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest conditions those regions have seen in a century. And many areas in Western Canada and the United States are experiencing extreme drought — a once in 20-year event.

The Conversation

Extreme heat waves threaten honeybee fertility and trigger sudden death

Temperatures soared above 42 C for days in Western Canada in June 2021, with Lytton, B.C., registering 49.6 C, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada. Wildfires scorched the province, sparking a 56-day state of emergency and nearly 600 additional sudden deaths compared to the same time in 2020.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Simon Fraser University

15 stories

the University of Victoria

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.