Toronto has a reputation as one of the safest cities in the world, and it's one that's well-earned. Relatively speaking, there have been very few tragedies on a grand scale in this city. There are, ...

Chernobyl, Fukushima, Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez—these names live in the collective global consciousness as warnings about what can happen when we are careless stewards of our environment and ...

Whether through accident or negligence, humanity has caused significant environmental damage to the Earth. Most recently (March 10), a collision between two ships has potentially spilled chemicals ...

Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. “He said there are children still stuck in the landslide, so he'll go and help them and come ...

On August 19, 1942, Lieutenant-Colonel Dollard Menard found himself on the coast of France bombarded with enemy fire, surrounded by dead or dying Canadian soldiers, and in the midst of one of the ...

Thursday, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said insured damage caused by the Fort McMurray wildfires was the most expensive disaster in the country’s history for insurance providers. The May fires ...

The National Assembly on Tuesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of one of the worst disasters in the history of Quebec with a moment of silence. Hundreds of the town’s 2,000 inhabitants saw their ...

Tuesday will mark 70 years since one of the worst natural disasters in Connecticut's history. During the flood of 1955, more than 80 people died across the state, including 29 in Waterbury. Waterbury ...

City of Nanaimo flags will be at half-mast on Tuesday to honour the 150 miners who died May 3, 1887, in two explosions at the Number One Esplanade Mine. This event remains the worst mining disaster in ...

Countries rise and fall on the back of disasters and America is no different. Some of the disasters Americans faced have become household names but many more have been forgotten. But these silenced ...