Tag: extreme weather
Extreme events in a changing climate: Canada’s Top 10 Weather Stories...
Ottawa - Environment and Climate Change Canada has presented the 27th annual edition of the Top 10 Weather Stories in Canada, which featured damaging storms,...
More extreme rainfall to add $6.2 billion to Ontario’s linear storm...
Toronto - The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) has released its Costing Climate Change Impacts to Public Infrastructure: Linear Storm and Wastewater report, the latest...
Research: Multi-pronged approach needed to adapt to urban overheating
Amid record-breaking heat waves and growing migration into cities, a University of Guelph atmospheric scientist has helped assemble a comprehensive overview of the problem...
National Adaptation Strategy must protect Canada’s Communities
Ottawa - Municipalities are on the front lines of new climate extremes. Municipal leaders know what their communities need, and they know what works...
Manitoba Releases Fall 2019 Red River Floodway Operation Report
Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler announced that the Government of Manitoba has released its Fall 2019 report on the Red River floodway operation.
“The unprecedented late-year...
Impacts of Severe Weather Event Diminishing in Manitoba
Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre reports the impacts of the severe weather event in mid-October are diminishing. However, flood warnings and high water advisories...
New Study Examines State of Local Adaptation Planning in Canada
Over the past year, researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Waterloo (UW) worked with the Federation of Canadian...
Local Erosion Protection Initiatives Receive Federal Funding
François-Philippe Champagne, minister of infrastructure and communities, and Jennifer Innis, chair of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) Board of Directors, announced funding...
Gov’t of Canada Provides Funding to Increase Flood Resilience in Yellowknife
New funding has been announced by the Government of Canada and the City of Yellowknife to support a project that will increase flood resilience...
New Reports Give Sask. Guidance on Flood and Natural Hazards
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Government Relations has released a Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment that provincial and local officials can use as an...
