DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Earth on the brink of key warming threshold after year of ‘chart-busting’ extremes, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A wind change increased flames during a planned ignition on the Ross Moore Lake wildfire in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on July 28, 2023. A series of climate records last year gave new meaning to the phrase "off the charts," the U.N.'s weather agency said on Tuesday, warning that the planet is now on the brink of surpassing a key warming threshold. It confirmed 2023 as the hottest year on record and said the period from 2014 to 2023 also reflected the hottest 10-year period on record. The global average temperature in 2023 stood at 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, researchers said, marginally below the key warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius. The 1.5 degrees Celsius level is widely recognized as an indicator of when climate impacts become increasingly harmful to people and the planet, as outlined in the landmark Paris Agreement.

Persons: Ross Organizations: State, World Meteorological Organization, WMO Locations: Kamloops , British Columbia, Canada, Paris

☆ Trans Mountain faces regulatory hearing on pipeline variance request
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The expansion of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline advanced to a new construction stage, in Acheson, Alberta, Canada December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Candace Elliott/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 24 (Reuters) - The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has ordered the company building the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion (TMX) to appear at an oral hearing on Monday, as the regulator weighs whether to approve a variance request from the project. Trans Mountain had asked the regulator to make a decision on the variance request by Nov. 30 to "advance the timely completion" of the expansion project. In September, the CER approved a route deviation request from TMX for a section of pipeline near Kamloops, despite opposition from local Indigenous groups. The CER said no other parties had expressed concern about TMX's latest variance request.

Persons: Candace Elliott, TMX, Nia Williams, Mark Porter, Leslie Adler Organizations: Canadian, REUTERS, Canada Energy Regulator, Trans Mountain Corp, Thomson Locations: Acheson , Alberta, Canada, Hope, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Calgary, Alberta, Coast, Abbotsford, TMX, Kamloops

☆ British Columbia lifts most travel restrictions as Canada wildfires ease
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The restrictions barred non-essential travel to communities in the province's interior including Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops and were due to expire at midnight. The measure will remain in place for West Kelowna. Flames burned nearly 200 homes in Kelowna and West Kelowna, officials said, but conditions were slowly improving even though smoke continued to blanket the province. "I really am beginning to feel like we're turning the corner here on this fire," West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund told a news conference. "...The efforts in partnership with the federal government, with First Nations and others on recovery has started already," British Columbia Premier David Eby told a news conference in West Kelowna.

Persons: David Eby, Chad Hipolito, Jason Brolund, Columbia Premier David Eby, Nia Williams, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: British, REUTERS Acquire, West, Northwest Territories, Flames, Kelowna and, First Nations, Columbia Premier, Thomson Locations: Kamloops, Canada, British Columbia, Kelowna, Vernon, West Kelowna, Northwest, Yellowknife, Kelowna and West Kelowna, Hay River, Fort Smith, Alberta

☆ Canada's Trans Mountain seeks last-minute route deviation on pipeline expansion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

OTTAWA, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project has asked Canadian regulators for a route deviation on a 1.3-kilometre (0.8 mile)section of pipeline in British Columbia, months before the 600,000 barrel per day project is due to start shipping crude. In the application TMC said it had encountered "significant technical challenges" micro-tunnelling through hard rock formations and requested to instead adjust the pipeline route and use a conventional open trench. Last week the regulator gave TMC until end of day on Wednesday to provide more information on its request. Now that it is nearing completion, the government has approached Indigenous groups looking at buying a stake in the pipeline. "We are confident that the business case for the Trans Mountain pipeline remains solid," he added, when asked whether the government would have to sell the pipeline for less than it cost to build it.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, We're, Trudeau, Prince Edward Island, Ismail Shakil, Steve Scherer, Nia Williams, Bill Berkrot, Sonali Paul Organizations: OTTAWA, Canada Energy Regulator, Canadian, Trans Mountain Corp, TMC, Thomson Locations: British Columbia, Kamloops, Columbia, Burnaby , British Columbia, United States, Charlottetown, Prince, Ottawa

☆ I Lived Through Canada’s Summer Wildfire Smoke - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Serge Schmemann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Nothing like it had ever happened before — these wildfires began far earlier and spread far faster than usual, and they have burned far more boreal forest than any fire in Canada’s modern history. As of this writing, 5,881 wildfires have consumed 15.3 million hectares, about 59,000 square miles, dwarfing the 10-year average of 2.6 million hectares per summer. With the melting Arctic to their north and the immensity of their northern wilderness, Canadians are not strangers to climate anxiety. “Temperatures are rising at the rate we thought they would, but the effects are more severe, more frequent, more critical. China had its heaviest rains in 140 years; record wildfires devastated Greek islands, and the list goes on.

Persons: it’s, ”, Michael Flannigan Organizations: New, Globe, Mail, Thompson Rivers University, World Meteorological Organization Locations: infernos, New York, Canada, Kamloops , British Columbia, Maui, Hawaii, Lahaina, New England, Manatee Bay, South Florida, China

☆ Cooler conditions bring some hope as Canada wildfires rage on
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Wildfires ravaging Canada's British Columbia province are showing some signs of easing and the weather conditions should improve through Monday into Tuesday, through crews are still battling "epic" blazes, emergency officials said. Blazes are also raging further north as Canada reels from its worst wildfire season on record, which many experts have blamed on climate change. British Columbia, which sits on Canada's Pacific coast, could get some rains this week from Tropical Storm Hilary, which hit California on Sunday, forecasters have said. The air quality index in many fire-affected areas - including Central Okanagan, Eastern Fraser Valley, Kamloops - hit above 10 on Monday, signaling a high risk, the British Columbia government said. Fires continued to burn about 15 km from Yellowknife and it was unclear when they will reach the city, officials said.

Persons: Hilary, Jerrad Schroeder, Jason Brolund, Brolund, Denny Thomas, Michael Perry, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Canada's, U.S ., Tropical, Kamloops Fire, British Columbia, Government, Northwest Territories, Canada's Department of National Defence, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Thomson Locations: Canada's British Columbia, Canada, U.S, U.S . Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, California, Kamloops, Central Okanagan, Eastern Fraser Valley, British, New York, U.S . East Coast, Yellowknife, Northwest, West Kelowna

☆ Wildfire-hit British Columbia blanketed with hazardous smoke pollution
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] A boat passes under the Lions Gate bridge to enter Vancouver Harbour, shrouded in a haze of wildfire smoke, as seen from Cypress Mountain in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren Acquire Licensing RightsREVELSTOKE, British Columbia, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Millions of people in the western Canadian province of British Columbia were under air quality warnings on Monday as hundreds of wildfires filled the skies with smoke and turned the sun orange. In the cities of Kelowna and Kamloops, the air quality index (AQI) was above 350, a "hazardous" level, real-time air quality information platform IQAir showed. Wildfire smoke is a seasonal occurrence for much of heavily-forested British Columbia, but the number of wildfires and amount of land burned is trending higher as a result of climate change, increasing concerns about the impact on human health. "This type of extreme smoke event covering all of our province does not happen every year," said Jalena Bennett, smoke information specialist with BlueSky Canada, adding 2018 was the last time wildfire smoke was so widespread.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Jalena Bennett, Ash, Marie, Eve Hervieux, Bobby Sekhon, Nia Williams, Denny Thomas, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, British Columbia, BlueSky, Environment, Thomson Locations: Lions, Vancouver, Cypress Mountain, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Rights REVELSTOKE, Canadian, British, Kelowna, Kamloops, Lahore, Pakistan, BlueSky Canada, Shuswap Lake, Environment Canada, Metro Vancouver, Revelstoke

☆ Canada to deploy military in British Columbia to tackle fast-spreading fires
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Summary British Columbia declares state of emergency after wildfiresFlames have led to evacuation orders for more than 35,000 peopleAQI of some British Columbia cities at 'hazardous' levelsREVELSTOKE, British Columbia, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, as the western province deals with flames that have led to evacuation orders for more than 35,000 people. In some cities in British Columbia, the air quality index (AQI), which measures major pollutants including particulate matter produced by fires, was above 350, a "hazardous" level, IQAir, a real-time air quality information platform showed. West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund said he saw some hope after battling "epic" fires for the past four days. Since 2009, Canada has been spending more on fighting and suppressing wildfires than on maintaining its firefighting personnel and program. In British Columbia, the TransCanada highway was closed near Chase, about 400 km (250 miles) northeast of Vancouver.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Jason Brolund, that's, Brolund, Trudeau, Krista Flesjer, Kip Lumquist, Lumquist, Nia Williams, Dan Whitcomb, Nilutpal, Denny Thomas, Mark Porter, Matthew Lewis, Lisa Shumaker, Gerry Doyle, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Columbia, Flames, British Columbia, Kelowna College, ., Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Reuters, U.S ., Canadian, REUTERS Acquire, Government, Thomson Locations: Columbia, REVELSTOKE, British Columbia, Canada, British, Kelowna, U.S, U.S . Pacific Northwest, Washington, Oregon, Squilax, Kamloops, New York, U.S . East Coast, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Chase, Vancouver, Craigellachie, Los Angeles, Bengaluru

☆ A real estate agent was fined $15,000 for drinking milk out of a carton from a seller's fridge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A homeowner captured a real-estate agent drinking milk out of a carton from her fridge during a showing. According to the homeowner, the surveillance footage also showed Rose lounging on her couch and accidentally breaking its arm, the newspaper reported. "This was unprofessional in so many ways," Fullerton told The Post. The newspaper reported that Fullerton said Rose replied, "The milk?" Soon after, Fullerton reported the agent, explaining to The Post that it wasn't so much about the milk, but more that the agent had failed to disclose his actions to her.

Persons: Mike Rose, Lyska Fullerton, Rose, Fullerton, Rose lounging Organizations: The Washington, Service, Washington Post, Fullerton, British Columbia Financial Services Authority, British Columbia Real Estate Services, The, CFJC, realtors Locations: Wall, Silicon, Canada, Kamloops , British Columbia, British

☆ How Canada’s Record Wildfires Got So Bad, So Fast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Nadja Popovich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

How Canada’s Record Wildfires Got So Bad, So FastWildfires in Canada have burned a staggering 25 million acres so far this year, an area roughly the size of Kentucky. With more than a month of peak fire season left to go, 2023 has already eclipsed Canada’s previous annual record from 1989, when over 18 million acres were scorched. Hot, dry conditions have fueled widespread wildfires, mostly in Canada’s boreal forests, since the spring, with some of the largest blazes burning in Northwest Canada and Quebec. A heat wave baked British Columbia and Alberta in mid-May, exacerbating several early wildfires. More than 100 times over the past three months, Canadian wildfires have grown sufficiently large and powerful to produce their own weather, kicking up giant thunderclouds known as pyrocumulonibus, and injecting smoke high into the atmosphere.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Kamau, Kamau, “, González, Mike Flannigan, Yan Boulanger, Flanningan Organizations: Canadian Interagency Forest Fire, Madison Dong, Thompson Rivers University, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Times Locations: Canada, Kentucky, Northwest Canada, Quebec, North America, International, United States, Madison, Columbia, Alberta, Northern Canada, Thompson, Kamloops , British Columbia, California

☆ Canada wildfire smoke drifts into US and triggers new air quality alerts
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Eric Zerkel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A recent outbreak of wildfires in western Canada is again sending a plume of unhealthy smoke into the United States. The smoke could also cause issues in Iowa and Illinois, including Chicago, which experienced some of the worst air quality in the world amid heavy smoke in late-June. On Friday, the encroaching smoke dropped air quality in parts of Montana and North Dakota to code red, or unhealthy levels on the Air Quality Index, and to code orange, or unhealthy for sensitive groups, in Minnesota, according to airnow.gov. One firefighter died Thursday responding to one of the blazes near Revelstoke, British Columbia, a press release from the firefighter’s union said. “The news from British Columbia – that one of the firefighters bravely battling wildfires has lost her life – is heartbreaking,” Trudeau said.

Persons: Pete Laing, Justin Trudeau, “, –, ” Trudeau, ” Organizations: CNN, Montana and, Centers for Disease Control, BC Wildfire Service, Indiana ., Indiana . British Columbia, Canadian, Twitter, British Columbia Locations: Canada, United States, Midwest, Minnesota , Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Chicago, Canadian, Quebec, New York, Montana, Montana and North Dakota, Minnesota, Kamloops , British Columbia, Canada’s province, British Columbia, Indiana . British, Revelstoke , British Columbia, British

☆ Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Massive fires burning in remote areas – like some of those currently burning in northwestern Quebec – are often too out of control to do anything about. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the view of the Statue of Liberty on Friday in New York. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Smoke and haze is seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 27. Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the visibility in Pittsburgh on June 8. Another issue is the increase in the wildfires are caused by climate change, and are simultaneously making climate change worse.

Persons: ” Robert Gray, you’ve, they’re, “ There’s, don’t, ”, Daniel Perrakis, ” Gray, Shiraaz Mohamed, Gray, “, ” Perrakis, Ed Jones, David Dee Delgado, Gary Hershorn, Haze, Gene J, Jim Watson, Megan Smith, Kamil Krzaczynski, Cpl Marc, Andre Leclerc, Drew Angerer, Shannon Stapleton, Ronald Reagan, Saul Loeb, Matt McClain, Emmalee Reed, Hannah Beier, Mandel Ngan, New York City, Timothy A, Clary, Mike Segar, John Minchillo, Shanita Hancle, Seth Wenig, Matt Rourke, Ting Shen, Matt Slocum, Amr Alfiky, John Meore, Leah Millis, George Washington, Peter Carr, Yuki Iwamura, Kareem Elgazzar, Carlos Osorio, Frank Franklin II, Merrily Cassidy, Spencer Colby, Jason Rock, BJ Fuchs, Anne, Sophie Thill, we’ve, it’s Organizations: CNN, Canadian Forest Service, Firefighters, Getty, ” “, Nature Conservancy, Rockefeller Center, North, Corbis, PNC Park, Major League Baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Traffic, Chesapeake, Lincoln Memorial, USA, People, Canadian Forces, Reuters, BC, Service, Xinhua, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Capitol, Trade, AP Transit, T, Alberta Wildfire, New, New York City, Getty Images Workers, Citizens Bank, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Empire, George Washington Bridge, New York State Thruway, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cape Cod Times, Anadolu Agency, Canadian Press, AP, Wildfire Service, Communications, Space, NASA, Reuters Firefighters, Kamloops Fire Rescue, Shining Bank Locations: Wisconsin, Vermont, North Carolina, Canada, Quebec, Canadian, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, France, AFP, New Jersey, Manhattan, New York, North America, New, Pittsburgh, Stevensville , Maryland, Washington ,, Chicago, Lake Michigan, Mistissini, Ronald Reagan Washington, Arlington , Virginia, Washington, Philadelphia, Elmont , New York, Baltimore, Evansburg , Alberta, Brooklyn , New York, Piermont , New York, Fort Lee , New Jersey, George, West Nyack, New York's, New York City, Cincinnati, Rock Harbor, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Ottawa, Fort Nelson, Shelburne County , Nova Scotia, Communications Nova Scotia, Shelburne , Nova Scotia, Fort St, John, Kamloops, Shining Bank , Alberta, Lytton

☆ Alte 182 de morminte anonime, descoperite în apropierea unui fost pensionat pentru copii autohtoni în Columbia Britanică
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: elpais.comAlte 182 de morminte anonime, descoperite în apropierea unui fost pensionat pentru copii autohtoni în Columbia BritanicăAlte 182 de morminte anonime au fost descoperite în apropierea unui fost penionat pentru copii autohtoni, St Eugene, la Cranbrook, în Columbia Britanică, în vestul Canadei, a treia descopeire de acest fel în decurs de o lună, a anunţat o comunitate autohtonă, relatează AFP. Această descoprire în Columbia Britanică, cea mai vestică provincie din Canada, a fost anunţată miercuri, într-un comunicat de către comunitatea autohtonă din Lower Kootenay. Anunţul are loc după descoperirea a 751 de morminte, săptămâna trecută, la Marieval, în Saskatchewan (vest), şi a rămăşiţelor a 215 de elevi, la Kamloops, în Columbia Britanică, la sfârşitul lui mai. ”Unele dintre rămăşiţe au fost îngropate în gropi de trei-patru picioare (90-120 de centrimetri) adâncime”, precizează comunitatea autohtonă din Lower Kootenay, care face parte din Prima Naţune Ktunaxa. Mulţi dintre aceşti copii au fost supuşi unor rele tratamente sau abuzuri sexuale, iar peste 4.000 au murit, potrivit unei comisii de anchetă care a constat un adevărat ”genocid cultural” al Canadei.

Persons: St Eugene, Canadei Organizations: Columbia Britanică Locations: Columbia, St, Columbia Britanică, Canadei, Canada, Lower Kootenay, Saskatchewan, Lower, canadian

☆ Papa Francisc a lansat un apel la reconciliere şi vindecare, după o descoperire şocantă într-o fostă şcoală catolică
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Totuşi, papa Francisc nu a prezentat cu această ocazie scuze publice, aşa cum ceruseră anumiţi oficiali din Canada. În urmă cu două zile, prim-ministrul canadian Justin Theroux a spus că Biserica Catolică trebuie să îşi asume responsabilitatea pentru rolul jucat în administrarea multor şcoli rezidenţiale. Papa Francisc a mai spus că se simte apropiat "de poporul canadian, care a fost traumatizat de această veste şocantă". "Trista descoperire măreşte şi mai mult înţelegerea noastră despre durerea şi suferinţa din trecut", a adăugat papa Francisc. Sistemul şcolilor rezidenţiale a despărţit cu forţa aproximativ 150.000 de copii de familiile lor.

Persons: Papa Francisc, papa Francisc, canadian Justin Theroux, Petru, Agerpres, Catolică, Francisc, El Organizations: Reuters, canadian, Vatican Locations: Canada, Roma, canadian, Columbia Britanică, Canadei, american, Bolivia, America

☆ Papa Francisc se implică în cazul șocant care a dus la descoperirea rămăşiţelor a 215 copii indigeni
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaPapa Francisc se implică în cazul șocant care a dus la descoperirea rămăşiţelor a 215 copii indigeniPapa Francisc se implică în cazul șocant care a dus la descoperirea rămășițelor a 215 copii indigeni îngropați pe terenul unei foste școli rezidențiale administrate de Biserica Catolică. Sistemul şcolilor rezidenţiale din Canada, care a separat forţat copiii indigeni de familiile lor, a constituit un genocid cultural, conform concluziilor unei anchete din 2015, care a durat şase ani. Ancheta a constatat, de asemenea, că peste 4.100 copii au murit în perioada frecventării acestor şcoli rezidenţiale. Moartea celor 215 copii, îngropaţi pe terenul fostei şcoli rezidenţiale Kamloops din Columbia Britanică, închisă în 1978, se pare că nu a fost inclusă în acest bilanţ şi nici nu a fost documentată până la această descoperire. În 2008, guvernul canadian şi-a cerut scuze oficial pentru acest sistem de educaţie.

Persons: Papa Francisc, Pontif, Michael Czerny, Marc Ouellet, Ouellet, Francisc Organizations: Agerpres, canadieni Locations: Vatican, Vaticanului, Canada, şcoli, Columbia Britanică, canadian

☆ Canada: Au fost descoperite rămăşiţele a 215 copii indigeni îngropaţi pe terenul unei şcoli rezidenţiale
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: APCanada: Au fost descoperite rămăşiţele a 215 copii indigeni îngropaţi pe terenul unei şcoli rezidenţialeRămăşiţele a 215 copii, unii cu vârsta de până în trei ani, au fost găsite pe locul unei foste şcoli rezidenţiale pentru copii indigeni, o descoperire pe care prim-ministrul canadian Justin Trudeau a descris-o vineri drept sfâşietoare, informează Reuters și Agerpres. Sistemul şcolilor rezidenţiale din Canada, care a separat forţat copiii indigeni de familiile lor, a constituit un genocid cultural, conform concluziilor unei anchete din 2015, care a durat şase ani. S-a constatat că un număr de peste 4.100 de copii au murit în perioada frecventării acestor şcoli rezidenţiale. Moartea celor 215 copii, îngropaţi pe terenul celei mai mari şcoli rezidenţiale din Canada, se pare că nu a fost inclusă în acest bilanţ şi nici nu a fost documentată până la această descoperire. Într-o declaraţie, şeful regional al Adunării Primelor Naţiuni din Columbia Britanică, Terry Teegee, a apreciat că descoperirea acestor morminte "reîmprospătează durerea şi pierderea tuturor Primelor Naţiuni din Columbia Britanică".

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Casimir, Trudeau, Terry Teegee Organizations: Reuters, Columbia Britanică Locations: Canada, Columbia, Ottawa, canadian

Search resuls for: "Kamloops"

16 mentions found