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The Canary Guide ‘Día de Canarias’ #WeekendTips 27-30 May 2022
May, 2022
It’s the last weekend of May and also a festive ‘puente’ long weekend. The...
Read MoreGran Canaria Weather: Some grey skies, clearing into the weekend, but a little rain expected by Día de Canarias on Monday
May, 2022
The weather across the Canary Islands, ahead of the main Día de Canarias May 30th holiday is...
Read MoreThe Canary Guide: Foundational festivities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2022
May, 2022
This year marks the 544th Anniversary of the founding of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain’s first...
Read MoreCanarian Health service ‘Sanidad’ invests €654,700 in the new Playa de Mogán Local Clinic
May, 2022
The Primary Health Care Management of Gran Canaria, part of The Canary Islands Ministry of...
Read MorePride organisers silent as Ministry of Health investigates “probable” link to monkeypox in Maspalomas
May, 2022
Spain is the country with the highest number of Monkeypox cases in Europe, and the Ministry of...
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Cabildo declares alert for the risk of forest fires in the midlands and summits of Gran Canaria
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria has declared an alert for the risk of forest fires at the summits of...
#IFArico: Gran Canaria firefighters help more than 300 fire fighters with the Tenerife forest fire which continues uncontrolled
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria this Friday morning sent troops to assist in the extinction of the...
Gran Canaria Cabildo to plant 8000 trees across several zones, recovering forest, and creating green fire-resistant areas
Apr, 2021 | Cabildo, Environment, Fire
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria are allocating more than €400,000 to plant 8,000 laurel trees, and...
Shopping centre fire brought under control at a motorcycle rental store in Playa del Inglés
Jan, 2021 | Fire, Health, investigation, Playa del Inglés, Police, SUC
Firefighters in Playa del Inglés were deployed this Saturday afternoon to put out a shopping...
Pruning and burning at the peaks and inland areas of Gran Canaria
Jan, 2021 | Education, Environment, Fire, Natural World, News
You may see occasional columns of smoke at the summits of Gran Canaria around this time of year,...
Canary Islands alert issued for 40-44ºC temperatures and high risk of fires over the next few days
Aug, 2020 | Alerts, Fire, Government, Natural World
The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) have this afternoon increased their advisory...
Maximum temperatures reaching 42ºC this weekend, Gran Canaria declared at risk of forest fires
Aug, 2020 | Alerts, Fire, Government, Weather
Gran Canaria has been declared at risk of forest fire with maximum temperatures set to reach up to...

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