Saturday, 18 May 2024

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FILE PHOTO: A drone shows flooded streets at the centre of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara/File Photo
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Cargo shipments slow at Brazil southern port amid flooding: officials

The Rio Grande port authority said the impact of excess rains and heavy flooding on cargo shipments will only be possible to assess...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to scrap the price on carbon and the rebates associated with Ottawa's program at a time when parts of the country are ablaze with early-season wildfires. Poilievre speaks during a Canada Strong and Free Network event in Ottawa, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Canada’s PM says rival would rather ‘watch the country burn’ than fight climate change

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre's pledges to axe carbon pricing come at a time of wildfires and other...

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Holdover wildfires: Why B.C. may see more overwinter fires this season

Wildfire officials in British Columbia have expressed concern that last year's record fire season, along with continued drought conditions, will mean more holdover...

Nova Scotia’s premier says the federal government’s criteria for funding important transportation links should be the same in every region of the country. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters at the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Nova Scotia premier wants equal treatment for land corridor after feds buy Quebec bridge

Both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick want Canada's federal government to pay to strengthen the dike system along the vital land corridor between...

FILE PHOTO: Consumers shop at a weekly street market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
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Brazil’s government hikes 2024 GDP forecast, sees higher inflation

Brazil's Finance Ministry on Thursday hiked its projection for economic growth this year but also raised inflation estimates for 2024 and 2025, underlining...

A view of empty houses in the evacuated community of Beacon Hill the day after a wildfire caused the evacuation of communities on the southern edge of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada May 15, 2024. REUTERS/ Jesse Winter
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Wildfire near Canadian oil city expected to be subdued on Thursday: local authority

A large wildfire near the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray stalled overnight and was not expected to advance on Thursday during...

Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire fills the air and nearly blocks out the sun as people take in the view of Okanagan Lake from Tugboat Beach, in Kelowna, B.C., on August 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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‘The whole country is not on fire’: Canadian tourism industry struggles as wildfires rage

Beth Potter, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, says many international visitors see a headline about wildfires in one part of...

A picture taken through a window shows smoke rising from wildfire MWF017 on the south side of the Athabasca River valley near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada May 10, 2024. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS
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Winds set to push blaze away from Canadian oil city, says wildfire service

Favorable winds are expected to push a major wildfire away from the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray, officials said on Wednesday,...

Flooding has claimed nearly 150 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people (AFP)
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Floods unite Brazilians in solidarity despite political rift

At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil's thousands of...

Nine-year-old Carter Vigh, wearing a red sweatshirt, is pictured with his brother Daxton (left), sister Cadence, father James and mother Amber. Carter died of asthma exacerbated by wildfire smoke in July 2023. As wildfires rage in B.C., his family is trying to protect people from poor air quality due to smoke this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Vigh Family **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canadian mom whose son died from wildfire smoke wants others safe

As wildfires rage in British Columbia, the family of a nine-year-old boy who died last summer is trying to protect people from poor...