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☆ Three Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Canada's British Columbia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Kanishka Singh(Reuters) - Three people were killed on Friday after a small plane crashed in the city of Chilliwack in Canada's British Columbia province, officials said. The plane - a Piper PA-34 Seneca, a twin-engined light aircraft - crashed into trees and bushes behind a motel, near the local airport. All three people onboard, including the pilot, were killed and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it was notifying the next of kin. Haylie Morris, who worked nearby, told the Vancouver Sun she watched the plane go down in front of her. "(I) started running and I saw it go into the forest across the street, crash through the trees," Morris told the newspaper.

Persons: Kanishka Singh, Haylie Morris, Morris, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Transportation Safety Board, Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver Sun Locations: Chilliwack, Canada's British Columbia, Piper, Seneca, Vancouver, Washington

☆ US wildland firefighter pay threatened by Republican feud in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Firefighters cannot be held hostage to congressional infighting," said Lucas Mayfield, president of the advocacy group Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. More than 10 million acres were affected in 2015 and 2017. Last year, the cost of suppressing wildfires across 7.6 million acres surpassed $3.5 billion, according to the center. "Now is not the time ... to be engaging in this kind of the political gamesmanship around something as important as the livelihood of our wildland firefighters," he told Reuters. Neguse and Senator Kyrsten Sinema, an independent from Arizona, have introduced legislation in their respective chambers that would avoid the pay cliff and authorize future pay increases for wildland firefighters.

Persons: Matthew A, Foster, Handout, Mike Simpson, Joe Biden, Lucas Mayfield, Mayfield, Joe Neguse, Kyrsten Sinema, David Morgan, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: Force, U.S . Army National Guard, Staff, REUTERS, Rights, Interagency Fire, Idaho Republican, Reuters, Republicans, Democrats, Democratic, Biden, Grassroots, Firefighters, Republican, National Interagency Fire Center, Colorado Democrat, House, Thomson Locations: Lahaina , Hawaii, U.S, Washington, West, British Columbia, Idaho, United States, Neguse, Arizona

☆ 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

☆ Thousands of port workers in Canada's British Columbia go on strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 1 (Reuters) - Several thousand unionized port workers in Canada's western province of British Columbia went on strike after failing to reach a deal to renew an industry-wide contract that expired in March, a waterfront employers group said on Saturday. The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) said it and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) had met Thursday and Friday in talks supported by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. ILWU Canada members were on strike at sites across British Columbia, the BCMEA said. [1/6]Longshoremen with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) strike at Canada's busiest port in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada July 1, 2023. On Wednesday, the longshore workers union said it had issued a 72-hour strike notice.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Seamus O'Regan Jr, Anirudh, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: British Columbia, British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, Warehouse Union, Federal Mediation, Conciliation Service, Canada's, REUTERS, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, ILWU, Thomson Locations: Canada's, British, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver , British Columbia, ILWU Canada, Bengaluru

BRITISH COLUMBIA/OTTAWA, June 9 (Reuters) - Wildfires spread in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday, while hundreds of fires continued to burn on the other side of the country in Quebec, sending wildfire smoke billowing across North American cities. Around 2,500 people were told to evacuate the community of Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia on Thursday afternoon. Temperatures in parts of British Columbia soared to more than 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) this week, nearly 10 degrees above the seasonal average. [1/2] Smoke rises from a wildfire in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, in this screen grab taken from a video, June 8, 2023. Reporting by Nia Williams in British Columbia; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Albertans, François Legault, Nia Williams, Stephen Coates Organizations: British Columbia, BC Wildlife Service, REUTERS, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire, Thomson Locations: BRITISH COLUMBIA, OTTAWA, Canadian, British, Quebec, North, Tumbler, British Columbia, Peace, Alberta, Ridge, Canada, United States, Ottawa, Toronto , New York, Washington, Ontario, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, U.S

☆ David Eby to become premier of Canada's British Columbia province
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 20 (Reuters) - David Eby, British Columbia's attorney general and housing minister, will become the Canadian province's premier, the ruling New Democratic Party said on Thursday, after his rival in the party's leadership race was disqualified for violating electoral rules. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEby will be officially declared leader on Friday morning, Cull said in a statement. "I'm proud David Eby will be the next premier of British Columbia." Horgan became premier in 2017 as head of a minority government before leading the NDP to a majority in 2020. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nia Williams; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Canada's drought-stricken British Columbia bracing for floods when rains return
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Canada's British Columbia province on Thursday warned residents to prepare for flooding when rains eventually return after a prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change that has raised concerns about long-term damage to ecosystems ranging from glaciers to salmon rivers. Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia, received less than a sixth of its average rainfall in August and September and has received only 0.2 millimetres so far in October, according to Environment Canada. Salmon migrate from the ocean to rivers to spawn at this time of year, but this month social media pictures showed thousands of dead salmon in a dried-up stream in central British Columbia. While the dry fall is less damaging than the heat dome that engulfed British Columbia last summer, it is still not good for glaciers' long-term health, said Brian Menounos, a professor of geography at the University of Northern British Columbia. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nia Williams in Revelstoke, British Columbia; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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