Tag Archives: Weather
'Expensive, extreme:' Environment Canada releases annual Top 10 weather stories list
It was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast, says Environment Canada's senior climatologist. A vicious hailstorm in Calgary wrote off more cars th...
Dec 16, 2020
Wild weather hikes Alberta insured damages above national average at nearly $2B
EDMONTON - A series of severe weather events in Alberta this year has led to insured damages of nearly $2 billion. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the industry is working to process nearly 10...
Sep 10, 2020
Southern Alberta hailstorm caused almost $1.2B in damage: insurance bureau
EDMONTON - The powerful hail storm that pounded homes, vehicles and crops across parts of southern Alberta last month caused almost $1.2 billion in insured damage. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says ...
Jul 08, 2020
State of Local Emergency and Evacuation orders lifted for Watino area
Residents of the tiny hamlet of Watino and surrounding low-lying areas can return to their homes, as Birch Hills County has lifted both a state of local emergency and mandatory evacuation order for th...
Jul 05, 2020
UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Watch ended for Peace Region
UPDATE (6:42 p.m. June 20): Environment Canada has ended the severe thunderstorm watch for the Peace Region.Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a majority of Northwestern Alb...
Jun 20, 2020
Extreme Cold warning ended for Grande Prairie, Peace region
Environment Canada has ended the Extreme Cold warning that it had in place for Grande Prairie and the rest of the Peace region.After wind chill values dipped into the -40 range on Saturday night, the ...
Mar 15, 2020
Extreme Cold Warning remains in effect for Grande Prairie region
Environment Canada has extended an Extreme Cold Warning for Grande Prairie and surrounding communities, including Beaverlodge, Valleyview, Peace River, Manning, High Prairie, Grande Cache and Hinton. ...
Mar 14, 2020
Fog advisory ended for Peace Country
UPDATE: Environment Canada has ended the fog advisory for Grande Prairie and the rest of the Peace Country.A fog advisory is effect for an area from Manning to Grande Prairie, and all the way across t...
Dec 21, 2019
Wet, cold, and dark: Environment Canada names Top 10 weather events of 2019
Wet. Cold. In the dark. And puzzled.That about sums up how the weather in 2019 left Canadians feeling, says David Phillips, Environment Canada's chief meteorologist."It's almost as if normal doesn't h...
Dec 18, 2019
Cold, stormy winter forecast across much of Canada, The Weather Network predicts
It's going to be a long, cold and messy winter across much of Canada, according to the seasonal forecast released Monday by the Weather Network. November has already brought historically early snowfal...
Nov 18, 2019