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Coast Guard fines owner $13,500 after failure to remove 'hazardous' vessel

Coast Guard fines owner $13,500 after failure to remove 'hazardous' vessel

GOLD RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — A British Columbia boat owner has been fined $13,500 after failing to remove the partially sunken vessel from a bay along the coast of Vancouver Island.
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Divisive icon gone: The stolen drill that captivated residents has been removed

Divisive icon gone: The stolen drill that captivated residents has been removed

After seven months of rising stardom, the stolen drill on the side of the Sunshine Coast highway has been removed. 
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1 person dies as Latvia and Lithuania are hit by a powerful storm

1 person dies as Latvia and Lithuania are hit by a powerful storm

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person died and some 200,000 households were left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the Baltic nations overnight.
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5,000 rescued from flooding in North Korea, state media says

5,000 rescued from flooding in North Korea, state media says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in northwestern North Korea were rescued by airlift and other evacuation work after heavy summer rains caused a river on the Chinese border to swell, state media reported Monday.
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Historic UNESCO world heritage park in Germany grapples with dying trees as climate change kicks in

Historic UNESCO world heritage park in Germany grapples with dying trees as climate change kicks in

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — The avenues, monuments and gardens in the park surrounding Sanssouci Palace, a sprawling green oasis in the heart of the German city of Potsdam and a UNESCO world heritage site, look as magnificent as ever.
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The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters

The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos.
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Crews battle wildfires across the US West and fight to hold containment lines

Crews battle wildfires across the US West and fight to hold containment lines

FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts on Sunday as thousands of firefighters battled the flames , including the largest wildfire in California this year.
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Rotting food and closed highways a concern as Jasper evacuation nears second week

Rotting food and closed highways a concern as Jasper evacuation nears second week

EDMONTON — Parks Canada says it realizes wildfire evacuees from Jasper worry about what rotting food will do to their homes and that others wonder when a critical highway through the national park will reopen, but it says the blaze continues to burn
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Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?

Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?

Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada, experts say.
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Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area larger than Los Angeles

Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area larger than Los Angeles

FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles.
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