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In February 2024, thermal satellite imaging revealed dozens of fires in Alberta and British Columbia, which had likely been smouldering in peat. [2] By February 20, 2024, there were 92 active fires in British Columbia and 54 in Alberta.
Protests on February 15 over 200 people in Toronto blocked Macmillan Yard, the second largest rail classification yard in Canada. [86] On February 16 and 17 temporarily blocked the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario and Thousand Islands Bridge in Ivy Lea, Ontario, two major border crossings between the United States and Canada. [87]
British Columbia Emergency Program Act [39] [40] COVID-19 pandemic: Ontario: Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act [41] Nova Scotia: Health Protection Act [42] New Brunswick: Emergency Measures Act [43] Alberta: Public Health Act [44] Pacific Northwest floods: British Columbia Emergency Program Act [45] 2022 Freedom Convoy protest: Ontario
4 February 2019: Field Hill, British Columbia: 3: 0: A CP freight train being operated by a relief crew derailed on Field Hill near Field, British Columbia, on a section of track with a steep descending grade and several sharp curves. The 3 crew members were fatally injured in the derailment. [68] Levack truck-train collision: 22 May 2020: near ...
February 18 – The towns of Chicoutimi, Jonquière and La Baie consolidated into a new city officially called Saguenay. March 4 – Federal government allows stem cell research using human embryos. March 7 – James Bartleman appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. March 11 – Six children die when their home burns down in Quatsino, British ...
February 14 - A 100-car train carrying crude oil derails approximately 30 kilometres from Gogama, Ontario. [5] February 15 - 50th anniversary of the National Flag of Canada [6] February 23 - A Fort McMurray, Alberta family was poisoned after attempting to kill bedbugs using illegally imported phosphine tablets. An eight-month-old child died and ...
January 5 – The domed roof of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver collapses.; January 11 – A major blizzard rips through Central Saskatchewan.; January – The Quebec town of Hérouxville received international attention when its town council passed controversial measures concerning practices which the residents deemed unsuitable for life in Hérouxville for potential new immigrants, despite the ...
Lytton, British Columbia West Coast 2 Several Over 90% of Lytton destroyed [46] 2021 November 14 British Columbia Floods: Floods lower half of British Columbia: West Coast 4 at least 10 Provincial state of emergency declared 2022 January 13 2022 Ottawa Eastway tank explosion Fire Ottawa, Ontario: Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion