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A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll suggest more than one in three Canadians have been touched directly by extreme weather such as forest fires, heat …
Read More »Toronto seeing wettest summer ever as rainfall grips Eastern Canada
If you’re thinking there has been a lot of rain this summer in Toronto, you’re right. In fact, many parts of Eastern Canada have been seeing a wetter than normal year – and with just over a month until summer ends, the country’s largest city has seen already seen its …
Read More »Tornado rips through Montreal area, uproots trees, overturns semi-trailer
A tornado that ripped through the Greater Montreal Area Wednesday night uprooted trees, overturned a semi-trailer and caused damage to infrastructure, Environment Canada says. The federal weather agency confirmed Thursday morning that a tornado touched down in Brossard, Que., at 8:12 p.m. The Northern Tornado Project (NTP), which is based …
Read More »Definition of 100-year storm ‘seems to have flown right out the window’: Toronto official
Toronto officials said they’ll be reviewing the city’s response to intense rainfall earlier this week that resulted in dozens of cars getting stranded on major routes as floodwaters overtook them. Toronto’s city manager Paul Johnson told reporters Wednesday the amount of rainfall that fell Tuesday morning exceeded estimates from Environment …
Read More »The 10 most expensive years for weather, natural disaster in Canada: insurance bureau
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 8, 2024 5:18 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Last year ranks among the top five worst years on record in insured damage from extreme weather events, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) said, but it wasn’t the worst. Noteworthy severe weather events …
Read More »Ottawa to unveil climate change plan amid record wildfire season – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 27, 2023 6:50 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s plan to make communities more resilient to climate change is coming Tuesday. The final version of the national adaptation strategy is expected to be similar to the draft published last …
Read More »La Niña’s kept things cooler this winter. But what happens when that cooling effect vanishes?
It’s been a snowy, blustery and bone-chilling winter for many Canadians. British Columbians were digging out of abnormal snow in early March. The Prairies have seen a good dose of good old-fashioned winter, and extreme cold warnings were issued in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces as well. Then there …
Read More »Canadian Sunwing passengers stranded in Mexico for 5 days with ‘no communication’
As hundreds of Canadians scramble to get home after their Sunwing flights from Mexico were cancelled last week, a passengers’ rights advocate says stranded travellers should consider legal action if they aren’t compensated by the airline. As of Sunday, hundreds of Canadian travellers were stuck in Cancun, Mexico after Sunwing …
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