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Northern communities see fastest-growing homelessness rates in Ontario, new report says

Nearly 85,000 people were known to be experiencing homelessness province-wide last year — about an eight per cent rise over the previous year — and northern and rural regions are driving that growth, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows. Officials at shelters in northen Ontario communities say those numbers reflect the demands they’ve seen […]

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Hurricane hunter planes turn their sights to atmospheric rivers

Atmospheric rivers — and the flooding they bring — are intensifying with climate change. For the past decade, the same hurricane hunter planes used to study cyclones have been flying straight into these West Coast rain-makers. Why? Because the data they collect proves these flights can significantly improve forecasts. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe looks at how […]