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Last updated at 1:36 AM on May 13, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time)
"...Ben Boghean said in a video posted to social media Sunday night that the extreme fire behaviour, made worse by years of drought and a below-normal snowpack this past winter, could end up threatening the crews that have been fighting the Parker Lake wildfire..."
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"...The challenges that the sector has faced over the past several yearsincluding as a result of specific government policiesare a key contributor to Canadas overall economic malaise. The inverse therefore is also true: boosting our natural resources1The definition of natural resources used throughout the DeepDive follows recent work by Cross and Mintz, unless otherwise specified. That is to say, the natural resource sector constitutes agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, utilities, pipelines, and manufacturers using natural resources for at least 17 percent or more of all inputs..."
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"...Its not that the government hasnt been thinking about the minerals it could sell to its allies. Natural Resources Canada actually has a strategy document listing the critical minerals and rare earths Canada has in abundance and how they could be a part of new global supply chains. Many of these are minerals Canadas allies either dont have at all or have in short supplyincluding aluminum, copper, nickel, potash, tin, lithium, and zinc..."
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"...In Bihars Samastipur city, hundreds of voters lined up at a polling station that opened at 7 a. m. amid tight security arrangements..."
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"...U. S. politicians and manufacturers already see Chinese EVs as a serious threat..."
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"...Japans benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0. 4% to 38,068. 88..."
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"...The deluge tore through mountainside villages along four districts in West Sumatra province just before midnight Saturday. The floods swept away people and submerged nearly 200 houses and buildings, some severely damaged, said National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari..."
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"...HUDSON'S HOPE, B. C. According to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), a wildfire discovered on May 12th south of Hudson's Hope has already grown to 100 hectares..."
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"...FORT NELSON, B. C. Experts with the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) say the Parker Lake wildfire could reach the city of Fort Nelson on Monday, May 13th..."
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"...The province says several government agencies are currently responding to two wildfires around Flin Flon and The Pas..."
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"...Smoke from the Parker Lake fire has spread into Alberta, bringing poor air quality and reduced visibility while that province deals with multiple fires of its own, including one burning out of control near Fort McMurray that has communities on evacuation alert..."
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"...The wildfires across Western Canada are also creating poor air quality in a number of regions spanning Manitoba to British Columbia, with Environment Canada reporting “very high risk” or level 10-plus on the air quality health index for Edmonton and Winnipeg as well as a number of small cities across the Prairies..."
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"...Parts of the County of Grande Prairie remain under evacuation order, although progress was made overnight, the county said in a Sunday morning update..."
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Recent episodes relevant to the latest news and opinion.
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"...On this episode of “Ask NRCan,” research scientist Alexandre Normandeau talks about his work on underwater landslides and their impacts on coastal communities. ..."
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"...About 150 old brine wells in the area are being plugged..."
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"...With a spring fire season that has fired up early and hot in Western Canada, there is no time like today to start working on a fire prevention plan..."
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Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.
"...Smoke from wildfires contains many air pollutants of concern and epidemiological studies have identified associations between exposure to wildfire smoke PM2..."
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"...These events often occurred under otherwise clear-sky, anticyclonic weather conditions and can have significant impacts on surface temperatures, air quality, and surface radiation and energy budgets..."
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"...Examples include improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and enhanced ecosystem resilience..."
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"...However, their ability to store and sequester carbon is uncertain due to combined and intermingling effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change, which impact wildfire regimes and vegetation dynamics..."
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"...Moreover, differently from the previous studies, this study took a further step to reveal the mechanism of the aerosol direct effect on the deterioration of air quality during wildfire, mainly through the modulation of reduction in surface downward shortwave radiation, planetary boundary layer height and wind speed, subsequently, facilitating pollution accumulation..."
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"...Predicting the impact of wildfires on ecosystem services and habitat values requires quantifying rates of post-fire tree mortality and topkill..."
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"...Today wildfire is an important disturbance in many continental ecosystems, and it is assumed that with ongoing climate changes the frequencies and impacts of wildfires will increase in many regions..."
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"...Increasingly frequent large wildfires in the western US raise questions about the effects of climate and site-level factors on forest ecosystem resilience..."
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"...The dataset is released in open access and is deemed to be useful for future wildfire evacuation modelling calibration and validation efforts..."
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