It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—They’re dropping like flies at the Australian Open. With temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius, fans and players alike are succumbing to Mother Nature. “I’m from Canada, and I don’t…
Tornado tears through cemetery, hundreds dead
LOCAL—It was shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday when the worst thing he imagined became reality. "We were there to visit Grandpa, my dog and me, when I saw the…
Battery charges dropped for man struck by lightning
THOMPSON, Manitoba—It all began with a relaxing day of golf, Warren Bertrand explains. The next thing he knew, he was waking up in the hospital.
Health Canada issues weather warning
As summer temperatures give way to cooler temperatures, Health Canada is once again warning Canadians that a sudden shift from bitching about the heat and humidity, to bitching about the…
Heat wave linked to extreme temperatures
The extreme heat wave extending from the middle of the North American continent to the Canadian and American east coast is being attributed to unusually high temperatures, meteorologists say.
Mayor Rob Ford refuses to add canoe lanes to Toronto roads
with illustration & reporting by finklebottom TORONTO—If the aftermath of Monday's flood in Toronto, where a month's worth of rain fell on the city within a few hours, environmentalists and…