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  This wildfire season, changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards

  Last year’s record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country.

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  N.S. government spends $350,000 in funding on first of its kind simulator for NSCC

  The Nova Scotia government is funding a new fisheries simulator for the NSCC Shelburne Campus which will allow students to practise operating fishing vessels while on land.

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  In the fight for planetary health, how do we preserve our mental health?

  As more Canadians grapple with catastrophic impacts of climate-fuelled extreme weather, the question of how a person can keep up the fight for planetary health while tending to their mental health has extended beyond the environmental circles.

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  Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 84 people

  More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country’s north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday.

• Doctors, patients want options to reduce dialysis waste adding to climate change

  Dr. Caroline Stigant, a nephrologist at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and a leading advocate for sustainable kidney care, said each hemodialysis treatment uses up to 500 litres of water and large amounts of energy.

• Climate activists glue themselves at Munich airport to protest pollution caused by flying

  Six climate activists broke through a security fence at Munich airport on Saturday and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, temporarily shutting down flights.

• B.C. study tracks breaths of killer whales using stunning drone video

  The use of drones has helped researchers track the breathing patterns of killer whales off B.C.'s coast, and the videos offer a stunning glimpse of the majestic creatures diving and surfacing.

• Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in Afghanistan

  Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports.

• Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

  Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly one million homes and businesses in the region, blowing out windows on downtown high rises and flipping vehicles.

• A look back at Alberta's record-breaking wildfire season

  By the end of the 2023 wildfire season in Alberta, 1,088 wildfires had burned more than 2.2 million hectares of land, and this year, the wildfire season is already in full swing.

• The last pandas at any U.S. zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall

  Zoo Atlanta is making preparations to return panda parents Lun Lun and Yang Yang to China along with their American-born twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun, zoo officials said Friday.

• Wildfires are dampening against cool, rainy weather, but there's plenty left to contain

  An opportune system of cool, wet weather Friday is dampening the spread of wildfires across Western Canada, but there's still plenty of work for responders and residents alike.