By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 17, 2024 6:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s top court […]
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Duller fall colours in Ontario after warmer than normal temperatures
An especially warm fall in Ontario means the province may not get the colourful array of fall foliage that usually transforms treetops this time of […]
‘Unprecedented’ destruction: Ontario sees $1B in insured damage from summer floods
Summer 2024 will go down as one of the costliest summers for flooding in Ontario’s history. In fact, this past summer sits just behind 2013 […]
Severe summer weather cost $7B in most destructive season on record
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 24, 2024 1:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Insurance Bureau […]
‘Widespread and heavy’: Toronto to see plenty of rain with warning in place
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Torontonians may get drenched over the next 24 hours as Environment Canada warns of potentially “widespread and […]
Record rainfall in GTA signals a future with frequent severe storms: expert
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 […]
‘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 […]