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  An Iceland volcano spews red streams of lava toward an evacuated town

  A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the coastal town of Grindavik and led to the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.

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  What weather experts say to expect this summer in Canada

  Get ready to feel the heat, Canada. Weather experts are predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer.

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  Montreal-based startup gets $850,000 to help protect whales using artificial intelligence

  The federal Fisheries Department is giving $850,000 to a Montreal-based startup that has developed artificial intelligence technology to protect whales and other marine life from ship strikes.

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  Heat-related monkey deaths are reported in several Mexican states

  Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said.

• 1 million customers are without power in Texas as Dallas and Houston get slammed with destructive storms

  More than a million customers in Texas were without power Tuesday as powerful storms delivered another round of violent weather to the state still reeling from an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and deadly storms in recent weeks.

• Advocacy groups, regulator trade barbs over LNG ads on B.C. transit

  A group of environmentalist doctors is voicing concern about misleading advertisements supporting B.C.'s liquefied natural gas industry, but Canada's advertising regulator says the doctors' group is also being misleading.

• Some residents still rebuilding one year after wildfire in Halifax-area

  It has been a year since the devastating wildfire tore through the suburban area of northwest Halifax, transforming the lives residents and reshaping the landscape of the community.

• Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis. These researchers want to change that

  The vast majority of movies released from 2013 to 2022 failed a 'climate reality check' proposed by researchers who surveyed 250 films.

• Counting cyclone losses, Bangladeshis call for more climate action

  As Bangladeshis count their losses from the cyclone that lashed low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, calls are growing for the government to bolster storm defences and aid mechanisms as extreme weather becomes more common.

• Tornado touches down west of the Island of Montreal

  Emergency services in the town of Rigaud, Que. are investigating after a tornado touched down shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday.

• Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change

  For the Spix's macaws, immortalized in the popular animated "Rio" films, the road back from the edge of extinction has been a long, winding and bumpy one. Threats that had devastated the Spix's macaws still loom, and the birds now face another menace: climate change.

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  WATCH | Airline pilot treated to stunning northern lights show during U.S.-Portugal flight

  An airline pilot got quite a show on May 11 while flying from San Francisco to Lisbon when a solar storm caused stunning auroras.