[ad_1] BRITISH COLUMBIA/OTTAWA, June 9 (Reuters) – Wildfires spread in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday, while hundreds of fires continued to burn on the other side…
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Raging Canada wildfires threaten critical infrastructure, force evacuations
[ad_1] [1/4] A fire hazard sign sits beside a highway near a forest fire that has been burning since Sunday on the shore of Centennial Lake in the Township of…
U.S. East Coast blanketed in eerie veil of smoke from Canada fires
[ad_1] NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – Schools across the U.S. East Coast canceled outdoor activities, commercial airline traffic was slowed and millions of Americans were urged to stay indoors…
Canada’s Iron Ore Company halt operations at Qubec mine following wildfires
[ad_1] June 6 (Reuters) – Iron Ore Company of Canada, which is majority owned by Rio Tinto (RIO.L), said on Tuesday that it had temporarily halted operations at its Qubec…
Explainer: Why are wildfires raging in eastern Canada’s Nova Scotia province?
[ad_1] [1/3] New Brunswick aircraft drops a mix of water and fire retardant as it passes over the wildfire in Barrington Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada in this social media handout…
Eastern Canada struggles to bring wildfires under control
[ad_1] HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 31 (Reuters) – Wildfires that have already forced thousands in Canada’s Nova Scotia province to evacuate were threatening communities on the outskirts of Halifax on…
Alberta wildfire shuts in at least 3% of Canadian energy production
[ad_1] May 8 (Reuters) – Canada’s main oil-producing province Alberta on Saturday declared a provincial state of emergency due to wildfires, shutting in at least 280,000 barrels of oil equivalent…
Fire and floods across western Canada force evacuations
[ad_1] May 5 (Reuters) – A week of record hot weather in western Canada has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, as wildfires rage in parts of Alberta…
Reaction to Facebook blocking Australian news
[ad_1] SYDNEY, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The following are reactions from academics, politicians and NGOs after Facebook Inc (FB.O) blocked all Australian media content including official information on coronavirus, wildfires…
ECB sets rate hike template as Fed opens liquidity tap
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – Global central bankers on Thursday rolled out what appears to be an emerging effort to firewall the rate increases needed to fight inflation from…