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Canadian ski industry hasn’t pushed government on climate change, yet

Trade group calls for federal action

History 1. Kanata is the Huron-Iroquois word for village or “a cluster of dwellings”. Jacques Cartier is credited as the first European to recognize this. 2. Neither; both died in the battle. 3. Chuckigh or Cheekye, meaning “dirty snow.” 4. 34 years.

70 questions for Canadians

British Columbia Mountaineering Club turns 100

In drought-riddled Australia, the effects of global warming are rippling through the economy -- affecting everything from farming to mining. It may even swing the next national election

From a notice in a newspaper Whistler’s environmental watchdog has evolved into a political powerhouse

The 2003 fire season was one of the most catastrophic in British Columbia's recorded history. Due to an extended drought in the southern half of the province, forest firefighters faced conditions never seen before in Canada.

Recent research shows that natural, catastrophic wildfires have been widespread during warmer, drier periods of North America’s history. For the forests, this may be good news.

Like most jurisdictions across North America, British Columbia’s response to forest fires or wildfires has traditionally been one of suppression. In fact, the agency responsible for wildfire policies in B.C.