Peter Shooter, the president of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation – first set up in the 1970s to tackle problems such as sand mining and logging – previously told The Guardian: "The ...

Another day of punishing heat and humidity is expected to hit Ontario, Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.

Fraser Island is around 120 kilometres long and up to 25 kilometres wide. There are no large settlements to speak of and, for each of the island’s 300 permanent residents, 1,000 tourists come to ...