Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Justine Hunter
Publication Date: October 2, 2025 - 15:48
B.C. must spend more now on wildfire mitigation to avoid higher costs in future, paper says
October 2, 2025
Nearly 900,000 hectares of forests burned during the peak of British Columbia’s wildfire season this year, making it one of the province’s worst fire years on record.
And with more than 100 blazes still burning across the province, the cost of battling wildfires in 2025 is expected to be close to $500-million.
Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa public servants are understandably uneasy as they await next week’s federal budget and perhaps some clarity about what will happen to their jobs. How will Prime Minister Mark Carney square his demand for a 15 per cent reduction in the cost of government operations with his promise to “cap, not cut” the public service? Read More
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Former senator Don Meredith was found not guilty in his criminal trial on sexual assault charges on Wednesday.
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The Bank of Canada delivered another rate cut Wednesday, lowering its overnight benchmark by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent and marking its second cut since March.
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