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For parts of the province, an Alberta clipper has come and gone, leaving northerly winds in its wake. For other parts of the province, however, the low-pressure weather system is still ongoing. Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the system is still active …

Unusually mild weather is set to overtake much of southern Ontario on Friday with double digit temperatures expected for several cities including Toronto, according to Global News meteorologist Ross Hull. Hull says temperatures overall have already been well above average so far for February with warm weather set to peak …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto is seeing a thick dense fog move into the region on Wednesday as temperatures are set to rise throughout the rest of the week. Environment Canada issued a fog advisory on Wednesday morning indicating “near zero visibility in fog is expected …

Ice skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa still hasn’t opened, although ice preparations are underway. However, one official says the temperature still might not be in the “sweet spot.” Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson told Global News that the forecast for Ottawa is milder than normal. “That will still …

With temperatures expected to turn more winter-like overnight, the City of Toronto is opening several warming centres, starting at 5 p.m. Sunday. Representatives from the city’s shelter, support and housing administration (SSHA) say the centres open when temperatures drop below – 5 C or Environment Canada issues specific weather warnings. …

It’s not called Mani-snow-ba or Winter-peg for nothing – winter is a fact of life in Manitoba and the normally cold season is the basis for many outdoor activities. The weather doesn’t always cooperate though. The snowmobiling scene in Manitoba looks quite different in some areas of the province than …

End-of-October festivities across B.C. typically involve a lot of fireworks marking annual Diwali and Halloween celebrations. Unseasonably dry weather threatened some of those traditions, but it looks like this week’s rain will allow them to go ahead in most places. In Vancouver, consumer fireworks are a no-go, but the city …

Unbearably hot temperatures are already testing the limits of human survival, and will continue to rise, challenging our bodies’ ability to cope and making parts of the world increasingly uninhabitable. Scientists say urgent steps are needed for humans to adapt to extreme heat, including rethinking the way we live, work and blast the AC. “Extreme …