Edwin Steele’s heart sank when he checked the livestream from the security cameras inside his Mississauga business. Saturday opened with partly sunny skies in many […]
Tag: Climate Change
‘Not OK’: Closing only pool in Ontario town points to growing climate challenge
Randy Marriage was a regular at his hometown’s only pool when he was growing up, cooling off with friends on summer days. His grandchildren won’t […]
Definition of 100-year storms ‘seems to have flown right out the window’: Toronto officials
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 […]
Utility cuts off 74-year-old Toronto senior, powerless in heat wave
Maxine Stirling Dawe tries to stay cool in her one-bedroom apartment but it’s not easy. With no power in the midst of a summer heat […]
Ontario is now Canada’s tornado hot spot — and the season is getting longer
When Dave Sills and the Northern Tornadoes Project first began their work in 2017, they assumed they’d be gathering data to confirm their suspicions: that […]
Gas-powered lawn equipment debate boils over at council in London, Ont.
A debate at London city council surrounding an already pulled back curfew on gas-powered lawn and gardening equipment boiled over Tuesday afternoon. The civic works […]
Quiet after 6: Ontario city considers curfew for gas-powered lawn tools
As the City of London moves forward with its Climate Emergency Action Plan, staff are looking at ways to reduce, restrict or phase out gas-powered […]
With budget mostly silent on climate change, critics say Ontario lacks plan to adapt
The Ontario budget’s failure to directly address climate change represents a “gross abdication of responsibility” by the government, some critics argue, saying the province rapidly needs to […]