Thousands of Canadians have been forced to evacuate from raging wildfires. Now the smoke is making air quality dangerous cnn.com/2024/05/12/us/…

Actions taken by police at the ⁦U Calgary⁩ and ⁦University of Alberta⁩ to remove pro-Palestine encampments on campus likely violated protesters’ Charter rights, legal scholars say. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…

Smoke from the wildfires in NERN BC spreading into AB, SK and MB. GOES geocolor.

Join us at the 2024 CAG Annual Conference by registering on our website today (cag-acg.ca/cag-2024-deadl…)!

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Rejoignez-nous au congrès annuel de l'ACG 2024 en vous inscrivant dès aujourd'hui sur notre site Web (cag-acg.ca/acg-2024-date-…)!
 
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CAG's abstract submission deadline ends Wednesday, May 15th.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity to present your research.

Agissez vite ! La date limite de soumission des résumés de l'ACG se termine le mercredi 15 mai.  Ne manquez pas cette occasion de présenter votre recherche.

And so it begins. A special air quality statement has been issued for the city of Edmonton and surrounding areas as wildfire smoke from northeastern B.C. is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

NWT Highway 7 has closed at the border with British Columbia due to wildfires in northern BC, while highways near the Alberta border are also closed. cabinradio.ca/182507/news/tr…

Thousands in Fort Nelson ordered to evacuate as wildfire threatens town vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/10/wil…

Check out this video by ULethbridge ULethbridge Faculty of Arts & Science Prof Hopkinson and his team on mapping #snow transects with #lidar to determine 2024 drought in southern #Alberta with Teledyne Optech and Alberta Environment and Protected Areas/Alberta Government: lnkd.in/grHSR2K5

Fort McMurray under evacuation alert due to out-of-control wildfire nearby cp24.com/news/fort-mcmu…

Moody’s credit rating agency has downgraded ⁦Concordia University⁩ University and warned ⁦McGill University⁩ financial outlook has weakened — further fallout after Quebec targeted the two English institutions with a tuition hike and other policy changes. montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…

A highly destructive invasive beetle that kills ash trees has been found in B.C., marking the first time it has been officially recorded in the province. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

'Wildlife paparazzi' putting pressure on ⁦Banff National Park, Parks Canada⁩ grizzly bears rmoutlook.com/lake-louise/wi…

Ellen Whitman from Natural Resources Canadian Forest Service talks about the role of fire in Canadian forests Let's Talk Science

Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field. upi.com/Top_News/World…

Ukrainian rural population in the Prairie Provinces, 1936.

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Meet Madelaine Bourdages, PhD candidate, who recently published her PhD research in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. Congratulations Madelaine!

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The Columbia River watershed in B.C. has been declared an infected area for whirling disease, a parasite that causes deformities in fish and has a high mortality rate. cranbrooktownsman.com/news/columbia-…