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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Heavy, wet snow caused the collapse of a school’s roof on a remote northern Manitoba First Nation. O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation Chief Shirley Ducharme says the damage to the school — which was already in need of repair — is just the latest …

Environment Canada said heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected in Toronto on Thursday. The weather agency said in a special weather statement the rain will begin Thursday morning and end at night and will be heavy at times. It also said it expects rainfall amounts of 15 to 25 …

Heavy rainfall triggered landslides early Saturday on the southern Italian island of Ischia that collapsed buildings and left as many as 12 people missing. Italy’s interior minister said no deaths had yet been confirmed, appearing to contradict an early announcement by another senior politician. “At the moment there are no …

The debate over the need for better access to Granville Island has been reignited by a widely shared social media post from a concerned citizen living in Vancouver. The renewed debate comes several years after a plan was initiated to solve traffic congestion by the federal agency that manages the site. Mark Melnichuk, in a Reddit …

The City of Calgary has announced a state of local emergency in response to heavy rainfall.  The special order came into effect at 3:59 p.m. on Monday. In a news conference, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the special order allows police and fire departments to go door-to-door in the event of …

Mumbai: Despite decline in cases of the novel coronavirus over the last few days, Maharashtra capital Mumbai will remain under level three of lockdown in view of the heavy rainfall under Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led government’s five-level unlock plan. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which made this announcement, issued fresh …