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01-12-12: NASA says Canada in 'hot spot' of ecological change - Prairie grasslands and boreal regions to shift north by 2100A new NASA study predicts massive ecological changes for Canada's Prairies and boreal regions by the year 2100.
-CBC News
01-12-12: Beetles and climate change threaten maples, official says
The very symbol of Canada could start to die in Ontario within a decade, the province's environment commissioner said Tuesday.
-The Recorder and Times
01-12-12: Province announces $903K grant for GRCA
The new water management plan for the Grand River watershed just got $903,000 worth of good news.
-Woodstock Sentinel Review
01-08-12: Boreal ducks threatened by climate change - Ducks doomed by earlier snow melts brought on by global warming, study finds
Scientists long puzzled by the rapid decline in millions of Canadian boreal ducks since the 1970s think they may finally have the cause: global warming.
-CBC News
12-30-11: Quebec on the verge of catastrophic climate change, expert say
Record floods, melting permafrost, shoreline erosion and intense winds caused havoc for thousands of Quebecers as 2011 proved to be yet another year of higher than normal temperatures.
-The Gazette
12-26-11: Area flood damage exceeds $25 million
This year's heavy rainfall caused millions in property damage and has put pressure on area municipalities to address flooding issues.
-The Windsor Star
12-5-11: Carbon dioxide emissions break growth records
Emissions rebound fast from global financial crisis, driven by developing world
Global carbon dioxide emissions hit a record 9.1 billion tonnes in 2010, after a year of the highest growth ever, a new study has found.
-CBC.ca
11-22-11: Private, non-for-profit and public organizations partner to better protect Toronto residents from severe weather
More than 50 public, private and not-for-profit organizations from across Toronto region have banded together to better protect the region's residents, organizations, infrastructure and environment from extreme weather.
-Canadian Underwriter
11-18-11: Adapt to extreme weather or pay price, expert warns Co-author of IPCC report Gordon McBean outlines global trends, risks
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report Friday examining the risks posed by extreme weather events, which the panel says are becoming increasingly frequent around the world. We talked to one of the report's co-ordinating lead authors about what general trends he and his colleagues found and how these trends might impact Canada.
-CBC News
10-26-11: Watershed council takes on climate change
ADAPTATION: Linda Mortsch, a researcher with Environment Canada, explains to the Muskoka Watershed Council what effect climate change could have on the Muskoka watershed, and urges the group to start strategizing in order to adapt. The lecture was part of the group's 10-year anniversary celebration held Oct. 20 in Huntsville.
-CottageCountryNow.ca
10-16-11: Climate charter to change Hamilton - Charter reflects grassroots efforts
A coalition of environmental groups and the City of Hamilton will introduce the first Climate Change Action Charter in Ontario Monday.
-Thespec.com
10-12-11: Hamilton First in Ontario with Climate Charter
Hamilton introduces the first community Climate Change Charter in Ontario. Clean Air Hamilton, Green Venture, Environment Hamilton and other community groups have team up to introduce and endorse Hamilton's Climate Change Action Charter in the community.
-Clean Air Hamilton
08-16-11: New action plans released on climate change and energy efficiency
The provincial government today released two action plans - Charting our Course: Climate Change Action Plan 2011 and Moving Forward: Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2011.
-The Telegram
08-16-11: U.S. cities prepare to adapt to climate change
In Chula Vista, Calif., new waterfront buildings will be required to have higher foundations because of an expected rise in sea levels.
-USA Today
08-15-11: Climate change will halve the Canadian trout population: study
Research suggests that climate change will make it harder and harder for anglers to find a good trout stream in the future.
-The Star
08-14-11: Bracing For Climate Change In The Great Lakes Region
By the turn of the century, increasing temperatures may make Michigan summers feel more like Arkansas while those in Illinois may start to feel like Texas.
-Ashland Current
08-12-11: Alberta beefs up wildfire-readiness funding
The Alberta government is pumping additional cash into a program to reduce wildfire risk for communities in the province's forest areas.
-The Canadian Press
08-08-11: How-to Strategies: Projecting the impact of climate change
Canada's water resources scientists and engineers generally agree that climate change will have an impact on our water; however, we have not incorporated climate change assessments into many of our water management efforts.
-Water Canada
08-06-11: Extreme weather events costing Alberta millions
Politicians say Slave Lake fire a 'one-off'; scientists call it a billion-dollar wake-up call.
-The Edmonton Journal
07-25-11: Study urged for London on climate change risks
Washed-out roads, crumbled bridges, flooded homes - lives at risk.
-The London Free Press
07-21-11: Climate change threatens to spoil Ontario's signature wines
Ontario's wine makers are fighting to protect their grapes against Mother Nature's wrath.
-The Globe and Mail
07-20-11: Will the deniers, doubters and delayers fall on the swords of the litigators?
The Bluesfest stage collapsed during an extreme weather event. Fortunately no one was killed. But the world of late has been plagued with other weather extremes such as droughts, floods, fires and tornados and regrettably many lives have been lost.
-Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
07-19-11: Basement flooding subsidy program expanded
City council has decided to expand Windsor's basement flooding protection subsidy program to all homeowners in the city.
-CBC News
07-15-11: We must prepare for increasingly severe weather
When Canada's western premiers recently called on the federal government to help communities improve their infrastructure to protect against severe weather disasters, they were speaking from local experience.
-The Vancouver Sun
06-28-11: Peel Announces Region-wide Climate Change Strategy
Peel's new Climate Change Strategy is the first in Canada to bring together a regional government with its area municipalities and conservation authorities for local action on environmental issues.
-The Brampton News
06-27-11: Roads washed out throughout West Quebec
Days of heavy rainfall leading into the weekend left Gatineau residents with flooded homes, washed out highways and forced the evacuation Gatineau Park's Lac Phillipe campground on Sunday.
-CBC News
06-24-11: Tornado spotted in Ottawa during fierce storm
Gatineau, Que., residents are cleaning up washed-out streets and pumping out dozens of flooded basements on Friday, following a fierce thunderstorm that spawned a tornado over west Ottawa.
-CBC News
06-24-11: Mississauga's better way
Matthew Williams sees Mississauga's plan for a $1.2 billion light rail line (LRT) along Hurontario St. as being about more than just transit.
-The Star
06-23-11: How Will Climate Change Impact the Great Lakes?
Scientists believe this is the future of the Great Lakes basin as it begins to feel the impacts of climate change.
-Rustwire.com
06-13-11: Climate change is real: an open letter from the scientific community
Today, The Conversation launches a two-week series from the nation's top minds on the science behind climate change and the efforts of "sceptics" to cloud the debate.
-The Conversation
06-13-11: Manitoba flood likely most costly: Ashton
Manitoba's Emergency Measures Minister says the flood of 2011 likely will be the most costly flood event in the province's history.
-CBC News, Canada
06-13-11: Cities try to adapt to heat waves
Canadian governments are looking for ways to beat the heat as they become increasingly aware of the dangers climate change poses not just to the environment but to public health as well.
-CBC News, Politics
06-12-11: Floods linked to climate change: officials
After four soggy years of flooded pastures and ruined crops, the Manitoba government is looking at how to help frustrated farmers cope with climate change in the province's Interlake region.
-CBC News, Technology and Science
06-8-11: Ontario storms cause sweeping power outages
-CBC News
06-3-11: Hot enough for you? Preparing for Canada's 100-year heat wave
-Globe and Mail
06-2-11: NOAA Technology Helps American Red Cross Respond Faster
-NOAA
05-29-11: Are You Ready for More?
-Newsweek
05-29-11: Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink
-guardian.co.uk
05-25-11: Coastal community passes trailblazing bylaw
-Telegraph-Journal
05-22-11: A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast
-The New York Times
04-21-11: Climate Ready: Ontario's Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan
-Ontario Minister of the Environment
04-20-11: Canada needs flood insurance solution: Report
-Toronto Sun
04-13-11: Home insurance costs a symptom of global climate change
-Times & Transcript
04-05-11: Conservation agency installs rain gauges
-The Sudbury Star
04-04-11: Mountain pine beetle jumps tree species
-Lab Product News
03-21-11: The boreal forest: ours to preserve
-The Gazette
03-15-11: First phase of climate change plan complete
"Local stakeholders highlighted six main themes that outlined specific requirements of our community."
-The Oshawa Express
03-09-11: Altered state: As climate changes occur, governments are putting in motion plans to adapt - but homeowners can help too
-Ottawa Sun
03-09-11: Prepare yourself for climate change, Nobel winner warns
"The models project a range of temperature increase from 0.6-2.5 degrees Celsius by 2030 and 1.5-7.5 degrees Celsius by 2080."
-The Recorder & Times
03-06-11: Provincial rules and the Red River Floodway
"Manitoba's largest city and economic heartbeat must be protected from major flooding. At the same time, communities outside the diversion should not pay the price."
-CBC News
03-06-11: Climate change to impact those least responsible: Study
"Countries that produce the least greenhouse gases per-capita also tend to be the most vulnerable."
-TheStar.com
03-03-11: How the emerald ash borer survives Canadian winters
"The warmer it is, the faster they develop."
-The Sault Star
03-01-11: Extreme winter weather linked to climate change
"This winter's heavy snowfalls and other extreme storms could well be related to increased moisture in the air due to global climate change."
-Reuters Canada
02-28-11: Canada will emerge as global leader in water -panel
"Demand for water will exceed supply by an estimated 40% in 15 to 20 years and only one third of the world's population will have half the water needed."
-Canada.com
02-18-11: Climate change is here, environmental commissioner says
"The impact of climate change is no longer theoretical and is evident in the extreme weather and warm temperatures being experienced."
-The Observer
02-14-11: Recent green energy investments in Ontario
"Companies setting up operations in Ontario [...], which pays above-market rates to developers of power from clean sources like the sun and wind."
-Reuters
01-10-11: Another century of emissions will fuel 1,000 years of climate change: Study
"I have a feeling a lot of nature will adapt and evolve to this, it's just we'll lose some stuff on the way."
-Canada.com
01-07-11: Governments Work Together to Address Climate Change
"Joint investment in this three-year program aims to help Ontario decision-makers better prepare for extreme weather impacts."
-Marketwire
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12-30-10: Majority of Canadian businesses bracing for climate impacts: Study"Three out of four Canadian business leaders [are] bracing for impacts on their operations."
-Canada.com
12-29-10: East coast storms signal effects of climate change, weather expert says
"Recent storms have caused more than $50-million in damage."
-The Globe and Mail
12-29-10: Close encounter with polar bears shocks Coca-Cola exec
"It's such a heart-wrenching way to learn a very hard lesson about climate change."
-The Vancouver Sun
09-30-10: Brewing Bigger Storms
"The number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes [has] increased by about 75%."
-Canadian Underwriter
09-28-10: Environmental Commissioner releases 2009/2010 Annual Report
-ECO
08-19-10: Climate change brings wasps to Baffin Island
"The presence of wasps may be just the first suggestion of climate change the study will find."
-CBC News
08-12-10: Bylaw request aims at idling vehicles
"Environmental activists targeted idling vehicles at a policy committee meeting on Aug. 11."
-Northern Life
08-10-10: 'Volleyball' From the Sky
"South Dakota Storm Produces Record Hailstone"
-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
08-07-10: Premiers differ on climate change
"All say they're keen to tackle the problem, but disagree dramatically on how to do so."
-Canada.com
08-06-10: Hot, dry weather taps Lake Nipissing
"Lake Nipissing is continuing to drop, but it's not because any dams have been adjusted."
-The Sudbury Star
08-3-10: Cool roofs take off as things heat up
"Cool roofs could reduce cooling costs by up to 52%."
-Daily Commercial News
07-22-10: Superior is Warming Up
"There's a distinct possibility Superior could hit a record, or near-record temperature, this summer."
-The Sudbury Star
07-21-10: Adapting to Climate Change
"A $6.6-million program to help the Prairie provinces deal with the impact of climate change on water resources, forests and grasslands was announced."
-Leader-Post
07-19-10: Lake Superior, a Huge Natural Climate Change Gauge, Is Running a Fever
"The waters are some 15 degrees warmer than they would normally be at this time of year."
-The New York Times
07-15-10: Iceberg Alley is iceberg free
"The ocean along Newfoundland's northeast coast is usually dotted with icebergs at this time of summer, but there are none in sight."
-CBC News
07-14-10: Calgary hail shrunk by cloud-seeding planes
"Insurance companies hire weather modification company to minimize damage."
-CBC News
07-14-10: Greenland iceberg could be Canada-bound
"An iceberg about seven square kilometres in size broke off Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier."
-CBC News
07-13-10: Toyota plug-in car to be tested in Man.
"Manitobans will be among the first in the world to actively test Toyota's new Prius plug-in hybrid vehicle."
-CBC News
07-13-10: Quebec rescues climate-research group
"UQAM centre $1.5 million replaces lost federal funding."
-The Gazette
07-04-10: Saving forest for the trees: Canada leads globe in boreal conservation
"The Canadian boreal forest is well on its way to becoming the world's most protected forest landscape."
-Winnipeg Free Press
06-30-10: Butterflies are early warning system for climate change
"Butterflies are heavy hitters when it comes to protecting species threatened by climate change."
-Edmonton Journal
03-31-09: Climate change could put Canada's Arctic whales in hot water
"There are likely to be significant losses of polar 'specialist' species and a general shift of more temperate species towards the poles."
-The Globe and Mail