ENVIRONMENT

The snowpack in the Okanagan is at its lowest level in at least four decades. Newly released data from the B.C. River Forecast Centre shows a stark contrast across B.C. While northern and eastern regions are above normal, the Okanagan is sitting at just 58 per cent, a record low since tracking began in 1980….

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Outraged flight passengers are complaining this week that three rambunctious children were left unsupervised in coach while the parents sat comfortably in first class, according to a viral Reddit post. “United is now offering free babysitting,” a passenger joked in the social media post, describing an apparently…

It’s pothole season. The time of year when the freeze-thaw cycle can cause pavement to crumble, leaving large divots in the roadway, and cost drivers a lot of money to repair the damage to their vehicles if they’re unsuccessful at dodging them in time. While city crews are out filling some of them — and…

Typically, April 1 represents the peak of snow accumulation in B.C., giving forecasters an idea of what the summer and fall might bring. Jonathan Boyd, a hydrologist with the B.C. River Forecast Centre, said that what they are seeing this year is a strong regional divide, with the north and eastern sections of the province…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Experts recently uncovered a nuclear bunker from the Cold War — located, strangely, on the grounds of a medieval castle in England. The bunker was decommissioned and sealed in 1968, British news agency Jam Press reported. The hideout was presumed lost until archaeologists from English Heritage recently…

One of the largest annual gatherings of Canada’s forestry sector is underway in B.C. and perhaps, not surprisingly, Aboriginal title and the Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, are top of mind for many. More than 600 industry, government and First Nations representatives are discussing the issues facing B.C.’s struggling forest industry….

A suspected cougar sighting in East Pubnico, N.S., is reigniting online debate about the existence of cougars in Nova Scotia. The eastern cougar, which is a subspecies of the cougar in eastern North America, was declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011. Meanwhile, western cougars exist and thrive in western parts…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Cape Air flight was forced to return to Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Monday shortly after takeoff when part of its cabin door opened in midair. The small plane had just departed from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) and was on its way to Boston when the issue occurred,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Visitors from far and wide have been traveling to Japan — and now government officials will be raising their tourist tax in an effort to curb overtourism. Japan will be tripling its international tourist tax of 1,000 yen, or about $6, per person — to 3,000 yen,…

Documents show the volume of gas flared at the LNG Canada plant on British Columbia’s north coast between October and January far surpassed what its permit allows. University of Victoria air quality researcher Laura Minet obtained monthly air emissions reports filed by LNG Canada to the B.C. Energy Regulator under freedom of information proceedings. The reports break down the…