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In Alberta, community volunteers are helping firefighters
With wildfires burning in much of northern Alberta, community members are volunteering to work alongside the professionals to battle the flames.
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Underground fires an added challenge in Alberta
Fires burning deep underground are challenging firefighters in Alberta, who are in their third week of trying to contain the wildfires in that province.
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Shannon Shapes Up: How to Get Full-Body Cardio From Dancing
Cheddar News' weeklong series on personal fitness, Shannon Shapes Up, continues with Shannon LaNier busting a move at 305 Fitness in New York City. The gym offers full-body dance cardio workouts everyday with a live DJ.
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How Thailand's Chiang Mai became the world’s most polluted city
More than two million people in Thailand have reported respiratory illnesses linked to pollution.
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Hospital fire in China leaves dozens dead
People were seen climbing out of windows and perching on air conditioning units to escape a fire at a Beijing hospital.
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Chile wildfires spread as death toll rises
Firefighters in Chile continued to struggle to control dozens of raging wildfires that have killed at least 23 lives.
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Extreme cold weather in Afghanistan leads to over 160 deaths
Freezing temperatures in Afghanistan have left more than 160 people dead after a wave of extremely cold weather. The situation has been made worse by the fact that many aid agencies suspended operations there.
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Fuel tanker explosion kills 10 in South Africa
Rescuers say the deadly blast occurred after a tanker carrying LPG got caught beneath a bridge close to a hospital and h
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Tens of thousands of illegal fires continue to carve out the Amazon
The Amazon forest is under relentless threat as Brazilian land grabbers set fire to forest in the name of expanding the country's agribusiness. With 41,000 fires in September, scientists warn the cost of expansion in Brazil will have...
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The global climate impact of illegal fires in the Amazon
Brazilian land grabbers have set tens of thousands of illegal fires in the Amazon rainforest, in the name of expanding the country’s agribusiness. But scientists warn that expansion will have a devastating impact on climate change.
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Ukrainians fleeing war forced to escape through Russian territory
Ukrainians who were forced to go through Russian territory to escape the war share harrowing tales of survival.
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Escape stories from Ukrainians who fled through Russia
Some Ukrainians who fled the war by escaping through Russia share their harrowing tales of the dangerous journey.
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Britain looks to Canada to rate wildfire danger
Amid record-breaking temperatures and destructive fires in the U.K., the CBC’s Katie Nicholson shows how researchers in Britain are developing a new national wildfire risk assessment system with the help of Canadian scientists.
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Black activists destroy offensive objects from the past on Emancipation Day
A group of Black activists in Guelph, Ont., chose Emancipation Day to publicly destroy multiple offensive objects from the past as a way to heal.
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Spain heatwave: Local communities adapt to weather conditions
Europe has been in the grips of a punishing heatwave, breaking temperature records and driving devastating wildfires fro
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Myanmar Armed Forces Day: A public holiday that many do not celebrate
In Myanmar, the military chief has vowed to crackdown even harder on anti-coup opponents.
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‘Catastrophe’ in Argentina as wildfires burn farms and wildlife
After a scorching heatwave, Argentina suffers raging wildfires that burn a vast swath of land across its northern region.
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Zimbabwe doctors, nurses seek better life abroad
Zimbabwe is suffering a brain drain of doctors and nurses who are seeking greener pastures abroad.
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Convincing Cape Breton to kick its coal habit
Many Cape Breton residents still use coal to heat their homes, but Nova Scotia Power is pushing for cleaner energy sources and going coal free by 2030.
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‘Bright long-lasting’ fireball recorded streaking across the Michigan sky
Amid reports of a meteor, NASA confirmed that the ‘reentry and fragmentation of a satellite’ was the cause of a bright fireball that streaked across the Michigan sky early on October 20.
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Caldor Fire forces tens of thousands near California’s Lake Tahoe to evacuate
“It's more out of control than I thought.” Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes near northern California’s Lake Tahoe as the Caldor Fire continues to spread.
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B.C. better prepared for latest heat wave, officials say
As British Columbia comes up against another summer heat wave, officials say it is better prepared after learning lessons from earlier in the summer.
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The harrowing battle against unprecedented wildfires in the US
In the US, the 2021 wildfire season is on pace to become the worst ever, and it’s only just begun.
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Gaza economy hit hard as businesses assess Israel’s aggression
In Gaza, Palestinians business owners are trying to assess the economic cost following Israel’s 11-day offensive.