Alex McCuaig
The Western Producer
February 22, 2024
Canada Research Chair in Water Resources says mountain runoff in the future may come too soon for adequate capture
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‘Zombie Fires’ burning at an alarming rate in Canada
Nadine Yousif
BBC News
February 16, 2024
Even in the dead of Canada’s winter, the embers of last year’s record-setting wildfire season remain. So-called zombie fires are burning under thick layers of snow at an unprecedented rate, raising fears about what the coming summer may bring.
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B.C. ski resorts struggle with lack of snow as warm weather persists
Arjun Panchadar
The Globe and Mail
February 9, 2024
This winter’s unusually warm and dry conditions have meant that ski resorts thousands of urbanites rely on for winter escape have been closed. If the weather doesn’t change, it could be the end of the 2023-24 ski season at some resorts, a grim but very real prospect.
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What’s the recipe for a severe drought in Western Canada?
Connor O’Donovan
The Weather Network
February 2, 2024
Coming off an incredibly dry 2023, Alberta is looking for some major help from nature over the remaining winter months and spring to hydrate the province. The Weather Network’s Connor O’Donovan has the mid-winter drought outlook for Alberta.
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Parks Canada prepares for wildfire season amidst dismal snowpack
Jayme Doll
Global News
February 1, 2024
A large fire guard is being cleared along the boundary between Yoho and Banff National Parks. As Jayme Doll reports, Parks Canada is hoping it will act as a buffer in the event of a wildfire.
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Alberta Water Agency Cuts Access for Fracking as Prairie Drought Continues
Bob Weber
The Energy Mix
February 1, 2024
A water management agency in Alberta is cutting off access for oil and gas fracking operations as the province prepares for another summer of severe drought and a University of Saskatchewan water scientist raises serious concerns about groundwater levels.
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‘A societal issue’: Drought-plagued Alberta braces for even worse conditions
Jason Markusoff
CBC News
February 1, 2024
Day after day, the water trucks rolled into the southwest Alberta communities of Cowley, Lundbreck and Beaver Mines. Due to severe drought conditions, that’s how residents and businesses got their water supply between last August and late December.
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Low snowpack, warm temperatures raise concern about continued Alberta drought
Bill Macfarlane
CTV News Calgary
January 30, 2024
The Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change says eastern and southern Alberta are facing some of the worst drought conditions on record – including the Dustbowl years of the 1930s and the severe drought of 2001-01.
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Dry January: why a dash of snow and rain can’t solve B.C.’s water woes
Arno Kopecky
The Narwhal
January 24, 2024
Arno Kopecky set out to write about B.C.’s winter heat and drought. Then the polar vortex arrived.
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Climate scientists raising concerns over Alberta’s groundwater levels amid Prairie drought
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
January 21, 2024
In the middle of an Alberta mountain playground, adjacent to a popular ski resort, there’s a well sunk into the bedrock that has John Pomeroy worried.