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First snow-free November in 162 years?
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
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A runner takes in the sunrise on a chilly morning near Ashbridges Bay. (Nov. 6, 2009) Rene Johnston/Toronto Star Lovers of weather statistics keep one eye on the sky and the other on your watches: We're on the cusp of an itty-bitty weather record. If...
Tags: Environment Canada, Canada, Toronto, Weather, Snow, Precipitation, David Phillips
Weather obsession boosts calendar sales
Delhi :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility It's not surprising that a product built on weather trivia would see continued success in our weather-obsessed nation. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips recently finished putting together the 22nd edition of his popular Canadian Weather...
Tags: Environment Canada, David Phillips, Canada, Delhi, Weather, Extreme weather, Climatologists, Meteorology, Blizzard, Year of birth missing, Storm
Winter to be gentler in West than East
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility Maybe Old Man Winter has a soft spot for the Olympics. Whatever the reason, it seems Western Canada will be spared the worst of winter's wrath this year. Eastern Canadians, meanwhile, may not be so lucky. After last winter, which saw unprecedented cold...
Tags: David Phillips, cold snaps, Quebec, Central Canada, Ontario, Environment Canada, Western Canada, Canada, Ottawa, El Niￃﾱo-Southern Oscillation, Weather, Tropical meteorology, Snow, Physical oceanography, Climate change, Ice storms, Precipitation
Nov. weather not norm
Saskatoon :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility November is the start of slipping on winter boots, scraping off windshields and walking across . . . green grass? This month is almost near its end and Saskatoon still has not seen any glistening white snowflakes. Until the end of November, Environment...
Tags: Environment Canada, Saskatoon, David Phillips, Canada, Weather, Martensville Saskatchewan, Snow, Precipitation
Water contamination at Alberta oilsands probed
Ottawa :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Environment Canada is investigating whether toxins from oilsands operations in Alberta are contaminating groundwater and surface water in the Athabasca region, Canwest News Service has learned. The top-ranking department official confirmed in a letter...
Tags: Suncor Energy Inc., Environment Canada, tailings pond, Athabasca River, Shell Canada, Alberta, Canada, Ottawa, Environment, Petroleum geology, Albian Sands, Oil sands, Joint ventures, Bituminous sands, Suncor Energy, Syncrude, Tailings
First snow-free November near
Toronto :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility It is a speck of a record, one that could easily be displaced by a single flake of snow. As an unusually balmy November draws to a close, not a trace of snow has fallen on city streets. If we make it to the end of the month – which seems inevitable if...
Tags: Environment Canada, Louis Allard, Peter Noehammer, Toronto, Canada, Weather, Blizzards, Snow, Snow removal, Precipitation, Ice storms, Lake-effect snow
Warm weather will give way to clouds, showers this week
Toronto :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility Enjoy our golden November, with its shorts-clad joggers and kids digging in soft sandboxes, while it lasts. Environment Canada says the warm and sun is going to be pushed out by clouds, showers and flurries later this week. Monday's sunny forecast calls...
Tags: Environment Canada, David Phillips, Canada, Toronto, Snow, Cloud, Weather
Weather trivia calendar lets Canadians indulge in their favourite pastime: David Phillips
Toronto :: Canada | 15 days ago
Credibility They are the stories of Canadians' misery, hardship and misfortune...It's the 22nd edition of The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar by popular weather prognosticator David Phillips of Environment Canada. Chock full of trivia, quizzes, photos and factoids...
Tags: David Phillips, weather trivia, trivia calendar, Environment Canada, Canada, Toronto, Calendars, Calendar, Month, Climatologists, Year of birth missing
'Expect the unexpected' when it comes to weather, says Environment Canada's David Phillips
Regina :: Canada | 16 days ago
Credibility With such a sunny personaIity, it's tough to believe senior climatologist David Phillips — Environment Canada's best known weather guy — gets hate mail. "It's been a rough year...Just as he bears the brunt of the criticism for the bad weather, Phillips...
Tags: David Phillips, Environment Canada, Regina, Western Canada, Saskatchewan, old recorded, Canada, El Niￃﾱo-Southern Oscillation, Weather
Environment Canada owed $2-million, audit says
Ottawa :: Canada | 17 days ago
Credibility E nvironment Canada is trying to clean up a toxic spill on its balance sheets. A recently released audit shows the department is owed some $2-million, and roughly a third of the late payments are overdue by more than a year.
Tags: Environment Canada, accounts office, Canada, Ottawa, Balance sheet, Debt, Auditing, Finance, Accounts receivable
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