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These parts of Canada are getting their first August snow in almost a quarter century
It may still be August, and more than three weeks before the official end of summer, but parts of Canada are already receiving their first snowfall. Northern areas of Nunuvat including Baffin Island a...
Aug 28, 2025
Above-average temperatures, dry conditions welcome as harvest approaches
By Cam Lee The warm, dry weather will benefit producers across Saskatchewan. World Weather meteorologist Drew Lerner said the conditions will be favourably received, thanks to the rain that fell in th...
Aug 28, 2025 The largely dry conditions should continue until early next week, when some precipitation is expected, but World Weather meteorologist Drew Lerner said it likely won’t be enough to seriously affect crops lying in swath. (650 CKOM file photo)
Lytton, B.C., records hottest temperature across Canada this year as province bakes
Lytton, B.C., is living up to its reputation as the hottest location in Canada. Starting Sunday, temperatures in the Fraser Canyon community have surpassed 40 Celsius for three consecutive days, inclu...
Aug 26, 2025
Heat wave: Most of Sask. expecting temperatures in the 30s over the next week
Saskatchewan is about to get hit with one final blast of summer as the calendars are about to flip over to September. Over the next week, almost every region in the province could see daytime highs re...
Aug 25, 2025 Environment Canada is predicting that Saskatchewan will see temperatures reach into the 30 C range over the next week. (650 CKOM file photo)
Firefighting efforts continue in Atlantic Canada as large storm passes offshore
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's largest wildfire has grown as firefighters continue to deal with stronger winds forecast for the province's Annapolis Valley. Officials from the Department of Natural Resources...
Aug 23, 2025
When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic
Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking. A tree physiologist said that several years of repeated drought in British Columbia mixed with heat stress increased the likel...
Aug 23, 2025
Rising heat a 'public health crisis' for workers, including in Canada: WHO
TORONTO - The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception. The WHO and the World Meteorolo...
Aug 22, 2025
'Tornadic' storms bring intense lightning, hail to Saskatoon area
Emergency alerts sounded Wednesday evening as severe storms rolled through central Saskatchewan. "Severe storms will continue to track across Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba overnight into Thursday...
Aug 20, 2025 Jacqueline Klassen Thiessen captured this image of the storm from Saskatoon's Lakeview area Aug. on 20 around 9 p.m. (Facebook)
New Brunswick deficit forecast rises by almost 22 per cent to $668.7 million
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is revising its budget deficit upward by almost 22 per cent, adding that "unstable trade conditions" and poor weather are casting a shadow over the province'...
Aug 19, 2025
Wildfire in Nova Scotia grows; cooler temperatures help firefighters in N.L.
Officials in Nova Scotia say a wildfire in the western part of the province has grown and could force people out of their homes, while cooler temperatures and low winds have helped firefighters in New...
Aug 17, 2025
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