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extreme weather
Quebec to improve forest fire adaptation after record-breaking wildfire season
November 15, 2023 The Canadian PressQuebec’s forest fire prevention agency says the area burned by wildfires this year was greater than the previous 20 years combined. SOPFEU director general Eric Rousseau told reporters today that some 4.5 million hectares of land burned during this year’s…
Private investment needed to ramp up climate adaptation in infrastructure: report
May 16, 2023 The Canadian PressA new report by the Canadian Climate Institute says private capital is needed to invest in climate adaptation infrastructure as extreme weather events like fires and floods become more acute by the year. The report co-authored by insurance firm The…
Fiona officially the costliest extreme weather event in Atlantic Canada
October 19, 2022 by Jason ContantHurricane Fiona is the costliest extreme weather event ever recorded in Atlantic Canada, at $660 million in insured damage, according to preliminary estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The long-lived and powerful storm on Sept. 24 is also…
Can scientists predict when the next exceptional high tide will occur along the St. Lawrence River?
July 13, 2022 The Canadian PressThis article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Authors: Cedric Chavanne, Professeur en oceanographie physique, Universite du Quebec a…
Utility says B.C.’s heat, rain and cold in 2021 underscore changing demand for power
January 21, 2022 by Jason ContantVANCOUVER – British Columbia endured sizzling summer heat and bone-numbing cold to end 2021 and the province’s electrical utility says the result was a record-breaking, year-round demand for power, launching a trend that’s not expected to end soon. In a…
From one extreme to another
July 1, 2021 Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss ReductionWhen attempting to sum up the industry’s business environment during the pandemic, the word ‘extreme’ comes to mind
Why Canada should invest in ‘macrogrids’ for greener, more reliable electricity
February 25, 2021 The Canadian PressThis article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Authors: Brett Dolter, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Regina; Blake Shaffer,…
‘Expensive, extreme:’ Environment Canada releases annual Top 10 weather stories list
December 16, 2020 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESSIt was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast, says Environment Canada’s senior climatologist. A vicious hailstorm in Calgary wrote off more cars than Albertans normally buy in an entire year. Heat in Ontario…
Extreme precipitation events have always occurred, but are they changing?
September 8, 2020 Francis Zwiers, Director, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria and Ronald Stewart, Professor, Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba - THE CANADIAN PRESSThis article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Extreme weather and climate events causing extensive damage are a…
One Ontario industry vulnerable to weather extremes
July 30, 2018 by Greg MeckbachIf your client is in the food production or distribution field, you might want to consider the impact of extreme weather. “Restaurants do not prioritize purchasing backup generators, or flood or business interruption insurance,” a report presented last week to…
Is storm-ravaged Alberta insurable?
February 4, 2018 by David GambrillAlberta has experienced a disproportionate share of the extreme weather catastrophes in Canada over the past decade, causing insurers to question whether the province is a viable place to do business. The question was raised Friday at the C4 conference…
Good Natured
August 26, 2017 Blair Feltmate, Head; and Natalia Moudrak, Director of the Infrastructure Adaptation Program, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of WaterlooWetlands are increasingly seen as an unexpected gift — one with the potential to keep on giving — in Canada’s continuing efforts to reduce costs from urban and rural flooding. The only proviso is that stakeholders, including municipal governments, need to support protective approaches that allow these valuable areas to remain as is.