The Cowichan River is lower than it was in August last year, after the long extreme heat and drought. There might not be enough water in the river for newly-hatched salmon to swim to the ocean.

Weather fronts bring more rain

It’s likely a lot of Cowichan Lake residents think there’s plenty of water around for the summer of 2017, given the winter we’ve been having. But, according to Cowichan River watcher Parker Jefferson, “We’re just about where we were last year.”

The first heat wave of the season went out with a bang across the province

Sweeping salmon closures and protection measures were put in place for the 2021 season to protect stocks of concern. Between 200 and 250 illegal fishing nets have been seized on the Fraser River so far this year.

Temperature records were broken around the province with Vernon breaking an 111-year-old record

Plans are underway for raising the weir: a reflection of widespread concern, says Ken Traynor

Wildfires are sweeping B.C.

An unknown substance near the Chilkoot River made dogs sick twice this month. The pet owners had to make their animals vomit and the dogs needed

We will have more wacky weather in 2018 as the world continues to warm.

The Hatcher Pass Road has been closed since April 3 and will likely remain closed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities until at least April

As wildfires continue to rage in B.C., there's no rain relief in sight

Victoria Day brought with it a statutory holiday and a new 10-year high in Duncan.

Ferocious fish, not native to Canada, was netted and released in Alberni Inlet

Drought levels have been raised already for parts of the province and Dave Campbell, with the B.C. River Forecast Centre, says the current forecast points to drought conditions provincewide in the coming weeks.

Agassiz broke a record that goes back more than 100 years

Longview Farms just north of Victoria says mild weather a problem for seasonal farming

There have been 1,249 fires that have burned through roughly 1,173,886 hectares in B.C.

A Canadian climate scientist says Canada and the world are seeing a pattern of more extreme weather events

Homeowner Bart Henderson headed back to Haines from Mexico after a fuel-feed line from a heating oil tank to a furnace burst and potentially leaked. “We’ve got a pretty good idea that the cause of the leak was from the hard freeze and then the warm weather,” Pikul said. “There was some frost heaving of the ground and it compromised the feed line.”