Wind and whiteout to follow Friday's warm rain in southern Ontario. Prepare for travel hazards this weekend with lake-effect snow. The Weather Network's meteorologist Nadine Powell shows the danger zones.
A look at Canada's temperature and precipitation outlook for the month of April
Heavy snow in the north continues into Saturday while folks in the south dodge raindrops and possibly even a blustery thunderstorm or two.
The giant Burmese python captured in Florida's Everglades had swallowed the alligator whole, which scientists discovered during a necropsy.
A new study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found remarkable differences.
Andy Stewart can't help but notice the ravens, turkey vultures and bald eagles that regularly circle his neighbour's farm. He says feeding frenzies have been happening at the Cobble Hill property, about 50 kilometres north of Victoria, for years as truck after truck carrying slaughter waste unloads onto a compost pile. Nearby residents have even reported finding innards and other byproducts in their yards dropping from the sky after slipping from the talons of the birds. "The first thing that we
The storms left a path of destruction across states including Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Iowa. Latest updates.
April begins in traditional spring fashion in Ontario: Heavy snow lingers in the north while folks in the south see raindrops and possibly even a blustery thunderstorm or two.
Canada's national carbon price saw its largest hike yet today when it jumped from $50 per tonne of emissions to $65. But the rebates millions of households receive to compensate them for the surcharge are also set to rise. Usually, the national price increases annually by $10. This year, under the federal government's strengthened climate plan, it's rising by $15. Because carbon pricing differs from province to province and territory to territory, not everyone will feel the impact of this increa
A wet winter has brought calamity to some parts of California. But in much of the state, the weather has ushered in a welcome recovery, nourishing crops, wetlands and threatened species -- and even proving a balm to the soul.
A bill exempting fossil fuels used for certain farming activities from the federal carbon price is headed to the Senate after the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois, NDP and Greens joined forces to pass it on March 29. If it becomes law, Bill C-234 will add natural gas and propane used to dry grain and heat livestock barns to the list of exempted farm fuels, which already includes diesel and gasoline. “It’s disappointing to see the NDP, the Green Party and the Bloc — parties who claim to be progressi
Insider's writer cruised on Disney Fantasy with toxic family who invited themselves, but the ship helped set boundaries and allowed for safe bonding.
The local service district for Mainland, on Newfoundland's Port au Port Peninsula, has shut off its water supply, claiming it's undrinkable, and blaming the development of a wind energy project in the area. Dwight Cornect, director of the local service district, says LeCointre's Brook, the community's secondary water source, is discoloured. "The water is brown," Cornect said Thursday. He said he doesn't accept the government's assurances that the water has been tested and has no issues. "They ar
Here’s the algae bloom forecast for the weekend.
There's a whole different (and complex) world to discover under Canada's biggest city.
Scientists film a species of snailfish swimming at an extraordinary depth, breaking the current record.
A winter storm brought snow to Utah on Thursday, March 30, as the state’s record-breaking snow season continued into spring.Timelapse footage captured by Sariah Farmer shows snow falling in Sandy, in the Salt Lake City metro area.A winter storm warning was in effect for the Wasatch Mountains until 9 pm on Friday, the NWS said. Credit: Sariah Farmer via Storyful
According to weather data analyzed by The Times, it really has been the drabbest winter Southern Californians have lived through recently.
Ontario’s electricity grid is one of the cleanest in the world. Its use of coal for power generation was completely phased out by 2014. But Doug Ford’s PC government has weakened Ontario’s status as a leader in clean electricity generation. His love of the natural gas industry is impacting Ontario’s and Canada’s efforts to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. “In the recent budget, the Province is not investing in clean energy, it is actually dismantling our relatively clean electricity grid by c
Hold on to your wallet. Due to inflation and prices surging for natural gas, heating oil and other fuels, you will see a significant rise in your utility bills. So, if you've opened your electric bill...
For the second year in a row, India’s government has ordered the nation’s coal-fired power plants to run at full power. Analysts say it will dramatically increase India’s already sky-high greenhouse gas emissions. Seventy miles from Kolkata in India’s West Bengal state, 48-year-old Kakali Halder knows the reason for the order.
