A first-of-its-kind study in Canada has revealed that building new homes in flood and wildfire-prone areas could cost billions and threaten affordability.

In the Canadian province of British Columbia, winter is meant to be embraced not merely endured. That’s why the only ones ...

VICTORIA — More than 30 firefighters from British Columbia's Wildfire Service have returned home from a deployment fighting ...

FIRE IS A NATURAL PART of Western ecosystems, and many forest species crave its disturbance and the resulting regeneration. But starting in the mid-to-late 1800s, the federal government banished ...

The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states ...

Yacolt was our state’s largest forest fire and blew up on Sept ... In intermountain forests (eastern Washington, Idaho, ...

Horrific scenes of the wildfires savaging the Los Angeles area ... Joe Nemeth is general manager of the BC Pulp & Paper Coalition, which represents the province’s pulp sector and its 20,000 ...

The result is a forest stand comprised mainly of healthy, green, growing trees that are fire-resistant. The stand is also spacious ... Joe Nemeth is general manager of the BC Pulp & Paper Coalition, ...

Dana Dierkes, a spokesperson for the Angeles National Forest, noted the winds and dry brush had made these recent fires much harder to fight. "We don't have a fire season in California.

Munich Re MUV20.11%increase; green up pointing triangle can’t yet put a figure on the burden it will face as a result of the wildfires in California. “We have to expect that it will be a major ...