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Business

How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. farmers seek more predictable relief in the face of extreme weather

As Nova Scotia’s farmers face uncertainty from more extreme weather, there are calls for the province to provide more predictable…

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Canada

Alberta issues fire ban for entire forest protection area as extreme temperatures continue

A fire ban has been implemented for Alberta’s entire forest protection amid scorching temperatures that have prompted heat warnings, strained crews…

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Canada

Extreme heat grips much of Western Canada

A good portion of British Columbia and Alberta are under heat warnings, with temperatures expected to reach the low 40s C…

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Health

Extreme heat is a global killer — and worse for our health than previously thought, new research shows

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Health

Extreme heat days are overheating schools more often — and experts say it needs our attention

As summer approaches, classrooms start getting sticky and uncomfortable, according to Grade 8 students at Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic School in…

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Lifestyle

U.K. competitors embrace quirky extreme races

LONDON – Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: Cheese rolling.…

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Politics

Extreme weather causing billions of dollars in damage, driving up insurance premiums: StatsCan

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events across the country has caused the sums paid out annually for catastrophic insurance claims to explode…

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Nova Scotia

In face of extreme weather, Canadians increasingly turn to crowdfunding for help

A couple in their 70s left homeless after their trailer home burned to the ground in last summer’s Nova Scotia…

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Tech

How cloud seeding can make it rain or prevent extreme weather

Cloud seeding has been named by some media reports as a possible contributor to record-setting rain and flooding in Dubai in…

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