Fire Weather Index (FWI) Canadian FWI Map A numerical rating of fire intensity that combines ISI and BUI. It is suitable as a general index of fire danger throughout the forested areas of Canada.

Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario is marking the 30th anniversary of being under a boil-water advisory — the longest in Canada — by renewing calls to fix the crisis once and for all. As ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

As Canada rushes to meet its goal of 5.8 million new homes by 2030, policy changes are urgently needed to avoid billions in ...

"We use water [in buckets] to put out the fire because the pumps don't work. Our hydrants haven't been fixed in 40 years," volunteer firefighter Virginia Audy told CBC News. Tataskweyak, a Manitoba ...

Tataskweyak Cree Nation has almost no working fire hydrants That has left the community of around 2,500 residents using buckets to fight fires.

Tataskweyak, a Manitoba First Nation more than 700 kilometres north of Winnipeg, has a fully volunteer fire department and currently, no working fire truck. It's among First Nations that have ...

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said ...

Advisories are in effect across parts of the province — including in southwestern Ontario — with a winter storm set to begin late Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning.A winter weather travel ...