Project on ‘very poorly understood’ terrain and likely to pass through Rocky Mountain trench, which researchers say poses immense geological hazard

Viral season expected to peak around late December and early January

Italy’s parliament has approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

Chemicals were detected in the animals' liver and skeletal muscle tissue.

As the province prepares to capitalize on artificial intelligence, plans to account for its electricity use remain hazy.

Alberta has recorded nearly 2,000 cases, highest figure per capita of any province. This is second known death linked to the disease

On 17 December 2024, a 118,000-m3 landslide on a cut bank of the Takhini River, Yukon, broke through the river-ice and generated a tsunami. The tsunami transported blocks of river-ice up to 250 m from the landslide deposit and destroyed vegetation on the opposite riverbank splintering and uprooting trees more than 20 cm in diameter. River-ice blocks in the tsunami deposit commonly exceed 4 m2 and 30-cm thickness. Snapped branches and impact scars on the trunks of four surviving trees in the tsunami impact area record damage from rafted ice up to 2.5-m height. The landslide-generated tsunami increased the hazard-affected area by 260% from 2.8 ha to 7.2 ha. The ice cover on the river effectively concentrated the tsunami hazard by reducing its overall footprint while increasing the damage in affected areas through entrainment of ice blocks; this effect is an important consideration for future landslide and tsunami hazard assessments in cold regions. Residual hazard at the site includes additional landslides from the landslide scar and altered river dynamics due to obstruction by the landslide deposit. Erosion rates of a previous smaller landslide suggest that the obstruction in the river is likely to remain for at least a decade. The lack of conspicuous triggers for this landslide points to the importance of progressive failure processes in a dry brittle soil slope over-steepened by fluvial erosion.

A new genetic discovery explains why B.C.'s sick blueberry plants evaded diagnosis. The 'scorch' and 'shock' pathogens threaten an industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Canada is rushing to build more capacity to fight wildfires, and De Havilland factories in Calgary are pushing to get new DHC-515 Firefighters back in the air nearly a decade after Bombardier stopped ...

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the B.C. coast on Sunday, occurring in one of Canada's most seismically active zones.

A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new rules governing books in school libraries as of Oct. 1.

The Pan American Health Organization says Canada has the highest number of measles cases on the continent and more action is needed to address low vaccination rates.

More recalls have been issued for a popular type of chocolate after a salmonella outbreak linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products.

A family who lost their daughter to fentanyl poising is applauding the province for its upcoming curriculum changes focused on overdose prevention and lifesaving training in B.C. schools.

Travel along the Dempster Highway is being disrupted on Wednesday after a fuel tanker reportedly overturned south of Fort McPherson.