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More residents of Osoyoos, B.C., heading home despite recent wildfire growth

More residents of Osoyoos, B.C., heading home despite recent wildfire growth

OSOYOOS, B.C. — More residents of Osoyoos, B.C., and the surrounding area are being allowed to return home after being forced out by a fast-moving wildfire that spread from neighbouring Washington state over the weekend.
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Researchers find oldest-known species of swimming jellyfish in Burgess Shale fossils

Researchers find oldest-known species of swimming jellyfish in Burgess Shale fossils

The Royal Ontario Museum says it has discovered the oldest-known swimming jellyfish in the fossil record from specimens collected at the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.
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A scorching winter: Argentina's capital breaks record for hottest start to August in 117 years

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was an unusually scorching winter day in Buenos Aires Tuesday, with thermometers in Argentina's capital crossing the 30-degree Celsius mark (86 degrees Fahrenheit), the hottest start of August in 117 years of records
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British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers

British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers

British Columbia's wildfire season is the most destructive on record, with more than 15,000square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 2018.
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Divers have found seven shipwrecks off Quebec's Iles-de-la-Madeleine this summer

Divers have found seven shipwrecks off Quebec's Iles-de-la-Madeleine this summer

MONTREAL — A team of divers combing the watery depths off Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine this summer say they have discovered seven new shipwrecks that likely date to the 1800s.
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Toronto city staff inspecting park trees after falling branch kills woman

Toronto city staff inspecting park trees after falling branch kills woman

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is assessing trees in a popular park after a woman who was struck by a falling branch last week died of her injuries.
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Reward increased for arrests of ‘anarchists’ who torched Atlanta police motorcycles

Reward increased for arrests of ‘anarchists’ who torched Atlanta police motorcycles

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's police chief on Tuesday urged the public to come forward with information about those who set police motorcycles on fire last month in protest over the planned construction of a public safety training center that critics call
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Wisconsin officials add recommendations to new management plan to keep wolf population around 1,000

Wisconsin officials add recommendations to new management plan to keep wolf population around 1,000

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials released a revised draft wolf management plan Tuesday that recommends holding the statewide population at around 1,000 animals, a concession to conservatives looking for a hard limit.
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The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape

The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape

Sunlight beats down on a graveyard for dead solar panels in Yuma, Arizona, hundreds stacked in neat piles, waiting for their next life. The great majority of worn and damaged panels are still dumped in landfills.
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Powerful Typhoon Khanun lashes southwest Japanese islands, grounding flights and closing businesses

Powerful Typhoon Khanun lashes southwest Japanese islands, grounding flights and closing businesses

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon approached Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa on Tuesday, lashing the region with strong winds and high waves and forcing transportation to halt and stores to close.
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