‘Expensive, extreme:’ Environment Canada releases annual Top 10 weather stories list

December 16, 2020 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

It 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…

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New money aims to help municipalities boost flood resilience

June 27, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS

BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. – Ontario is launching a $1-million pilot project to help communities protect against effects of extreme weather after several in central and eastern parts of the province saw flooding this spring. The government has already activated a disaster…