Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Kevin Nielsen
Publication Date: August 27, 2025 - 05:00
Extreme heat, wildfires taking a toll on ticks in Atlantic Canada — for now
August 27, 2025
If temperatures become too hot, much-maligned ticks are at risk of drying out. The parasites survive by retreating to moist areas like leaf litter and in the soil.
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Several neighbours had already passed by the spot where he had crashed without noticing him on Aug. 10 in Sydenham, north of Kingston, Ont., before he was finally rescued.
August 27, 2025 - 05:45 | Jacquelyn LeBel | Global News - Ottawa
Several neighbours had already passed by the spot where he had crashed without noticing him on Aug. 10 in Sydenham, north of Kingston, Ont., before he was finally rescued.
August 27, 2025 - 05:45 | Jacquelyn LeBel | Global News - Canada
During the ice storm of 1998, power lines and transmission towers in Quebec and Ontario collapsed under layers of ice, taking out communications and leaving millions of people stranded without electricity and unable to communicate their plight. In many cities, radio hams – amateur radio operators often communicating on battery-powered sets from their basements – stepped up to keep channels open to the emergency services and to help people connect to loved ones and stay updated on evolving disaster plans.
August 27, 2025 - 05:00 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
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