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"It was a very emotional four to five minutes."

OTTAWA — Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have escalated the risk of another record-breaking wildfire season, federal ministers said Wednesday as they warned about the urgent need to address climate change.

VANCOUVER — The April snow survey from the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ River Forecast Centre shows the lowest snowpack on record in British Columbia.

Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest Monday, calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan.

The snowpack is averaging 63 per cent of normal across the province as of April 1 — the lowest average since 1970. The data comes as the Ottawa warns of a potentially devastating wildfire season.

The results suggest some extreme heat guides recently circulated to the public — including one promoted in a Google Search feature — could be handing out potentially dangerous information. 

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised "emergency meeting" with the country's premiers.

UСÀ¶ÊÓƵ researcher finds heart patients who lived closer to green spaces had a 7% lower risk of mortality.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's snowpack for April ranges from record-setting highs in the north to below average across the central part of the territory.

Study says СÀ¶ÊÓƵ among regions positioned to benefit, but extreme weather events remain a threat.