Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Wolfgang Depner
Publication Date: August 10, 2025 - 19:48
Missing B.C. man’s creative survival skills including drinking pond water keeps him alive in wilderness
August 10, 2025
Staff Sgt. Brad McKinnon of the Williams Lake RCMP said he has seen “some very exceptional things” during his 20 years in policing, but the story of 39-year-old Andrew Barber could have had a very different ending.
McKinnon said a police helicopter coming from Prince George spotted the man in the afternoon of Aug. 8 in a remote area north of McLeese Lake – nine days after he was first reported missing to RCMP on July 31.
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Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada’s devastating forest fires.Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accused Ottawa of “inaction” on wildfires. She also blamed that lack of action for new measures restricting activities in the forests of two provinces — even though those bans were imposed by the provinces themselves.
August 13, 2025 - 18:26 | Nick Murray | The Globe and Mail
A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations on south-central Vancouver Island has shown some of the most severe levels of fire behaviour, a display that is “unusual” for the region, the British Columbia Wildfire Service said.An update posted by the service said the blaze, located about 12 kilometres south of Port Alberni, has been burning at rank four and five on a six-point scale.
August 13, 2025 - 18:09 | Brenna Owen | The Globe and Mail
The nine-month-old brothers are Scottish Highland cattle, with long, woolly, reddish coats and fringe over their eyes.
August 13, 2025 - 18:00 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
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