VANCOUVER — Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in…
Environment Canada says wind chill values across all of Alberta and more than half of Saskatchewan will make it feel like minus 40 or colder, while some areas of northern Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories will endure wind chill of minus 50.As the Canadian national soccer teams head to their respective FIFA World Cups, Derek Van Diest is on the scene to cover all the action.
The Alberta Electric System Operator recorded a new all-time peak demand Monday but continued extreme cold, high demand and an unplanned outage has resulted in the alert. More than a dozen daily minimum temperature records were set Tuesday in B.C., including -47 C west of Williams Lake, while the arctic outflows are numbing usually balmy areas such as Victoria and Metro Vancouver where wind chill values are forecast to reach -20 C.Article content
Nicole Mucci with the Union Gospel Mission, which advocates for the homeless in Vancouver, says deaths have occurred in each year that the city has had a major snowfall or deep freeze as homeless residents use candles or space heaters to stay warm.“Nobody should have to choose between potentially freezing to death or putting their life at risk to stay warm.”Article contentThe University of B.C., Simon Fraser University and the B.C.
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