Toronto's heat wave arrives today. Here's what experts say you need to know
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Environment Canada's Dave Phillips joins CP24's Phil Perkins to breakdown the risks associated with extreme heat and what Torontonians should know about the warning
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Environment Canada issues a heat warning for Windsor-Essex
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Windsor-Essex. The weather service says a heat event began Thursday afternoon and is expected to end Friday night. The warning indicates the region will see daytime temperatures of 31 C to 33 C, but the humidity will make it feel like 42 C to 44 C. The overnight low temperature will be in the range of 18 C to 21 C. Environment Canada recommends you take action to protect yourself and others-extreme heat can affect everyone's health. Determine if you or others around you are at greater risk of heat illness. Check on older adults, those living alone, and other at-risk people in person or on the phone multiple times a day. Watch for the early signs of heat exhaustion in yourself and others. Signs may include headache, nausea, dizziness, thirst, dark urine, and intense fatigue. Stop your activity and drink water. Call 911 or your emergency health provider if you, or someone around you, is showing signs of heat stroke, which can include red and hot skin, dizziness, nausea, confusion, and change in consciousness. While you wait for medical attention, try to cool the person by moving them to a cool place, removing extra clothing, and applying cold water or ice packs around the body. Drink water often and before you feel thirsty to replace fluids. Close blinds or shades and open windows if outside is cooler than inside. Turn on air conditioning, use a fan, or move to a cooler area of your living space. If your living space is hot, move to a cool public space such as a cooling centre, community centre, library, or shaded park - Written by Rusty Thomson/AM800.
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Heavy storms bring damage to some Sask. crops, equipment: crop report
Producers in Saskatchewan reported a total of 98 per cent of crops in the ground. Severe storms over the week of June 17 to 23 caused damage to some crops, buildings and machinery, according to Saskatchewan's latest crop report. Wind, significant rain and hail were the primary causes of damage, a news release from the province said. The Macklin region saw 108 millimetres of rainfall, followed by Wilkie with 107 mm, Semans 99 mm and Luseland 96 mm. Crop development has also been slowed by cooler temperatures, the province said. 'Oilseed crops are the furthest behind the normal stages of development for this time of year. Crops in the southwest region of the province are the furthest advanced while crops in the east-central and northeast regions are the furthest behind in development,' the report said. Warmer temperatures and continue precipitation are needed to help crops progress in many areas, the province added. Producers in areas that received minor to severe hail and wind damage are still assessing which crops will be able to recover. Minor frost damage was also reported and gophers and flee beetles continue to be an issue in some regions as well. 'The sporadic rainfall in Saskatchewan is also impacting livestock water supplies. Some producers are concerned about water availability for their animals. Provincially, one per cent of livestock water supplies are severely short, 21 per cent are moderately short, 23 per cent are anticipated to be short in the next couple months and 55 per cent are not expected to be short for the foreseeable future,' the province said. The full crop report for June 17 to 23 can be read here.
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Halifax Music Fest head hopes festival keeps concertgoers closer to home
The head of a Halifax company co-organizing a three-day music festival that is expected to attract tens of thousands of people this weekend to the Garrison Grounds hopes it means people can stay closer to home for shows, rather than hop on a plane and head out of province. Louis Thomas, president of Sonic Concerts Limited, said with a growing population in the city, it's a good time to put on a large-scale, multi-day concert. "Not only do we feel that's an opportunity, we feel it's important to provide things for the citizens to do as well ... this is a long term sort of process," he said. "It's not like one and done here, hopefully." Thomas said the last time Sonic put on a multi-day event comparable to this weekend's Halifax Music Fest was its 2012 Summersonic event, although that was smaller in scope. This weekend's festival features four bands a day. The headliners are Nickelback on Friday, Lenny Kravitz on Saturday and The Killers on Sunday. On Thursday afternoon, a couple hundred workers were on site doing prep work for the festival, along with lots of heavy machinery. Thomas said the crews are all local. "This is genuine," he said. "We're doing this because we live here and we want this to succeed." Thomas said that while the Garrison Grounds is being set up to allow for a capacity of 30,000 people per show, as many as 22,000 people are expected each day. In choosing a rock music festival, Thomas said he didn't want to compete with existing festivals in Atlantic Canada, such as country ones like the Cavendish Beach Music Festival in P.E.I. or the YQM Country Fest in Dieppe, N.B. The decision to open the festival doors at 4 p.m. AT each day was deliberate, said Thomas. He hopes attendees grab lunch in the downtown beforehand and then go out afterwards to support businesses in the downtown area. Weather forecast After a few days of blistering heat, temperatures will cool this weekend, said CBC metorologist Ryan Snoddon. While Friday night should see mild temperatures and light winds, Saturday is looking dicier. "Concertgoers should prepare for wet weather as it appears we'll see showers arriving throughout the afternoon and evening," he said. "Steadier rain looks more likely late evening, overnight and into early Sunday, however, as the system pulls away the rain will taper to showers throughout the day." Snoddon said there's a slight risk of a few lingering showers for Sunday evening's show. Appeal to artists Thomas said he thinks the downtown setting will be attractive to artists because it means they won't have to travel for hours after getting off an airplane, or go very long from their hotel to the venue on the day of the show. "We've obviously got lots of transport lined up, but as soon as everyone realizes, 'Oh, it's right there,' you know, they [will] walk," he said.
