Etiket: fires
Forest fires | Evacuation alerts in Alberta and British Columbia
(Cariboo) Residents of the town of Cariboo are facing an evacuation alert over fears of an early start to the wildfire season in British Columbia and Alberta. Posted at 9:24…
Google fires 28 employees who demanded cancellation of contract with Israel
(New York) Google fired 28 of its employees who took part in a protest on Tuesday demanding the company abandon a contract with the Israeli army and government, accusing them…
in the United States, Google fires 28 employees for denouncing a company contract with the Jewish state
The employees in question opposed a collaboration aimed at providing the Israeli government and army with storage and artificial intelligence services. Published on 04/18/2024 09:52 Reading time: 1 min Google…
Demystifying science | Genetically modified trees against fires
Every week, our journalist answers scientific questions from readers. Updated yesterday at 7:00 a.m. Is it possible to genetically create a species of trees that would not, or almost not,…
Forest fires, a world in flames
At the beginning of February, in Alberta, forest firefighters were still crisscrossing the territory on the lookout for peat fires still gnawing away at the ground despite the cold and…
Threat of forest fires | Volunteer firefighters are rare in the country
(Halifax) As Canada faces what experts fear will be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs say they are concerned about the dwindling number of volunteers available to fight the growing…
Forest fires in Canada | Fires in 2023 never went out
(Ottawa) More than three-quarters of the 70 wildfires already burning in the west and north of the country started in 2023 and have never been extinguished. Abnormally warm temperatures and…
Forest fires | An early start to the season in Quebec
Forest fires razed a record number of hectares in 2023 and this year, the “fire season” is getting off to a particularly early start in Quebec. A “worrying” situation, which…
Energy producers say they are ready for the next forest fires
(Calgary) Canadian energy producers are bracing for another season of drought and wildfires in the West. Published yesterday at 2:01 p.m. Last year, hot, dry weather caused oil and gas…
Investigation into a “close personal relationship” | RBC fires its CFO
(Toronto) The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has fired its chief financial officer, Nadine Ahn, following an investigation into a relationship she allegedly had with another employee. Posted at 12:14…
Israel and Hamas at war | Israel fires two officers after strike on aid workers
(Tel Aviv) The Israeli army announced Friday that it had fired two officers and reprimanded three others for their role in drone strikes in Gaza that claimed the lives of…
North Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
(Seoul) North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South Korean military said Tuesday. Posted at 7:19 p.m. Japan said…
Greece confirms purchase of seven Canadian water bombers for forest fires
Greece and Canada, two countries facing major forest fires in recent years, announced on Monday that they wanted to strengthen their cooperation on emergency situations and confirmed the purchase by…
Forest fires | Canada sells seven air tankers to Greece
(Montreal) Canada formalized the sale of seven air tankers to fight forest fires to Greece on Sunday morning, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
Moscow fires red bullets at the IOC after the restrictions imposed on its athletes
Russia accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday of “sloping into racism and neo-Nazism” and of being guilty of “discrimination” and “intimidation”, the day after the imposition of new…
Pyongyang fires several ballistic missiles during Blinken’s visit to Seoul
(Seoul) North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, the Seoul army reported, during a visit by American Secretary of State Antony Blinken to South Korea. Published at 7:31…
Pyongyang fires ballistic missile during Blinken’s visit to Seoul
North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Monday, the military reported from Seoul, where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting senior officials and attending a democracy summit. “North…
A coffee with Christian Messier | A vaccine against forest fires
Christian Messier is convinced that he has the right solution. He made it a battle horse, rallying the various Canadian stakeholders in forest management to his cause, one after the…
“Zombie fires” threaten in the West
Although it is still winter, around 150 forest fires have already been active in British Columbia and Alberta since last month, unlike the usual ten. The cause: drought and lack…
18 months after the devastating fires in Gironde, a collective of photographers documents nature burned alive
They each take a different look at the fires of summer 2022 which ravaged nearly 29,000 hectares of forest in Gironde. The collective of photographers LesAssociés documents this social and…