Weather

How The UAE Is Using Drones To Control The Weather

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humanity has reached a crucial point in the battle for the future of the planet. If temperatures continue to rise, both floods and droughts will leave popu...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Dec 09, 2021

Hart Ski Hill believes warm winter weather isn't a problem yet

PRINCE GEORGE- The unseasonably warm temperatures have meant a delayed start to winter activities.With temperatures reaching a high of 8 degrees early this week as we head into December, what's behind...

Nov 30, 2021

Coldwater River breaches banks, City of Merritt issues flooding evacuation orders

MERRITT - The City of Merritt has issued evacuation orders for multiple properties, due to flooding from the Coldwater River. In a noticed posted to the municipality's website earlier this morning (No...

Nov 15, 2021

Australia Pelted With Grapefruit-Sized Hail

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It’s currently the middle of spring in Australia, and yet earlier this week the land of giant spiders, snakes, and crocodiles endured storms that pum...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Oct 22, 2021

Nanaimo experiences hottest summer on record

NANAIMO - Paced by several suffocating heatwaves and limited rain, summer 2021 was one for the record books.Environment Canada's meteorological cycle considers June, July and August the summer season ...

Sep 09, 2021

Family rescued from Snake Island after boat destroyed in choppy waters

NANAIMO - A family of three was saved from a small, rocky island near Nanaimo after their boat was destroyed. The family with a young two-and-a-half-year-old daughter were stranded on Snake Island aft...

Aug 12, 2021

B.C. prepares for heatwave, thanks people for taking steps to help

PRINCE GEORGE - The Province is reaffirming to British Columbians that the health authorities, Emergency Management BC (EMBC) and BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) remain geared up and ready to hel...

Aug 11, 2021

British Columbians working from home miss the office AC

VANCOUVER: Amid one of the hottest summers on record, British Columbians working from home admit to missing one perk of being in the office, the air conditioning.The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many...

Aug 11, 2021

Nanaimo's drought officially continues despite rain during August long weekend

NANAIMO - Many areas of Nanaimo felt its first drop of rain in months over the August long weekend, but none fell where it mattered most. The Environment Canada sensor stationed at Nanaimo Airport rec...

Aug 03, 2021

Downtown Nanaimo cooling centre to stay open

NANAIMO - A cooling centre for the vulnerable hasn't closed as planned. The space at the 7-10 Club in the Community Service Building on the corner of Prideaux St. and Fitzwilliam St. was used as a rep...

Jul 13, 2021