105725 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/severe-thunderstorm-smog-warnings-in-effect-for-montreal-1.6443701Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Montreal just as a heavy downpour began to soak parts of the city. The weather agency said it is tracking "a dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts, pea to dime size hail and flooding rain." The weather warning also covers the Longueuil and Varennes regions.2023-06-17T00:06+0200barrie-a9ab26a0e4dccb6ef38420cc49b48e7720230617000600https://www.theepochtimes.com/poor-forest-management-to-blame-for-canadas-wildfires-not-climate-change_5337903.htmlCommentary. As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead points the finger at climate change.2023-06-16T22:59+0200theepochtimes-8d6f394ae6b9c51ff32a60ac3e02177720230616225900https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/air-quality-northwestern-ontario-1.6879484?cmp=rssWildfires burning in northwestern Ontario have once again prompted Environment Canada to issue special air quality statements. The statements are in effect for several parts of the region, including: Sioux Lookout; Red Lake; Ear Falls; Pikangikum; Pickle Lake. The Armstrong and Lake Nipigon areas are also under air quality statements.2023-06-16T22:40+0200CBC-6cb7bc41cb14ebc81516442aa1dce5b920230616224000https://thesaxon.org/northern-europe-in-turn-faced-with-drought/Sergei Gapon Agence France-Presse According to the European service Copernicus, 89.5% of Danish territory was in a state of drought at the end of May. “I need water”. At the edge of his field, where the only shadow is that of the wind turbines, Lars Jonsson, a sprig of barley in his hand, despairs....2023-06-16T22:31+0200thesaxon-b9faf9951466d05c3cce25a77277c87020230616223100