Canada Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ as Heavy Rain Hinders Planting May 19, 2022 By Jen Skerritt Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop...
Canada’s Insured Catastrophe Losses Exceed C$2 Billion in 2021: CatIQ January 14, 2022 Canada’s total insured catastrophe losses were C$2.04 billion (US$1.63 billion) to date, landing the year in the top five loss...
Record Rainfall, Floods Across Globe Generate Billions in Economic Damages: Aon December 20, 2021 November was a wet month in many countries across the globe, with heavy rains and flooding causing billions of dollars...
Hundreds of Thousands of Farm Animals Perish in Canada Floods December 3, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson Hundreds of thousands of livestock have perished in floodwaters in Canada’s westernmost province, the British Columbia government said Thursday. Back-to-back...
Western Canada Braces for Another Deluge From ‘Atmospheric River’ December 1, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson British Columbia, home to Canada’s biggest port, is bracing for its most intense deluge after a series of damaging rain...
Flood-Stricken British Columbia Weighs Cost of Climate-Proofing Infrastructure November 24, 2021 By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta – Flood-stricken British Columbia is considering major upgrades to its highway network to make it more resilient to...
Climate Change Could Fuel Atmospheric Rivers, Which Caused Recent Canada Floods November 22, 2021 By Nichola Groom Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger — and...
‘Extraordinary’ Storms Cut Off Road, Rail Access to Vancouver November 18, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson and Natalie Obiko Pearson Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, is cut off from the rest of the country by land after days of storms caused...
‘Storm of Century’ Halts Traffic at Canada’s Biggest Port, Adding to Supply Chain Woes November 17, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson and Natalie Obiko Pearson Traffic at Canada’s largest port has been cut off by what local officials are calling the storm of the century,...
Canadian Storms Force Shut-Down of Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline November 16, 2021 By David Ljunggren and Nia Williams OTTAWA/CALGARY, Alberta – Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline has been shut down temporarily because of rainstorms pounding parts of the...