Weather

High winds and quick torrential rain battered the nation's capital on Wednesday night causing a smattering of power outages in the city. According to the Hydro Ottawa outage map, the hardest hit area...

PENTICTON — The chief of the Penticton Indian Band in British Columbia says events such as the wildfire that forced thousands of people from their homes in the Okanagan aren't natural occurrences and more needs to be done to fix the problem.

More rain is expected in the nation's capital from thunderstorms on Wednesday afternoon and into the evening. Environment Canada notes that thunderstorms have developed and are persisting throughout...

A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and other parts of Canada today as the annual Perseid meteor shower also reaches its peak this week.

Ontario's minister of natural resources says crews are making progress fighting wildfires, with dozens extinguished in the last two weeks and far fewer burning out of control. Mike Harris says the wildfire...

Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologists say the improved alerts across Canada will be more closely focused on areas at potential risk.

The Canadian Armed Forces are on standby to help the wildfire situation that deteriorated rapidly over the weekend in British Columbia's Okanagan region.

Meteorologists have a high confidence that a severe storm will hit the nation's capital on Monday afternoon and into the evening. Environment Canada experts note that the humid, hot weather are creating...

The Bald Range fire exploded in size to more than 100 square kilometres on Saturday, but it has since shown little growth.