Weatherhood B.C.

LYNN LAKE — Thousands more wildfire evacuees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will start making the trek home in the coming days as officials in the provinces continue to lift evacuation orders.

A recent survey finds that many kids understand that individual action alone is not enough, and most recognize that systemic accountability is necessary to tackle the climate crisis.

The BC Wildfire Service says recent rain in the province's central Interior and northeast has significantly reduced wildfire activity, with two of the three most significant blazes this season now no longer classified as fires of note.

More than 2,000 fires have already been documented in Canada this year, burning almost 40,000 square kilometres of land.

There are currently 85 active wildfires burning in British Columbia.

MONTREAL — A climate activist group says one of its supporters sprayed pink paint this morning on a Pablo Picasso painting at a Montreal museum.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Powerful Hurricane Erick has made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Erick powered up into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds, flash floods and a dangerous storm surge on the region in c

Wildfire smoke doesn't just darken the skies — it harms the brain, especially in those most vulnerable.