‘Frustrating and deadly’: How the extreme cold is hitting Canada’s homeless

Every day outreach worker Greg Cook tries to connect dozens of homeless Torontonians with one of the city’s busy shelters, mostly, he says, without success. Those efforts become even more difficult during weeks of freezing cold temperatures, when demand is highest but access to resources remains low. Sometimes, Cook says the people he is trying … Read more

Alberta Electric System Operator issues new grid alert Monday amid ongoing cold snap

The Alberta Electric System Operator issued a new grid alert for the province Monday morning amid an ongoing stretch of extremely cold temperatures. “The AESO has declared a grid alert due to extreme cold, and several power facility outages,” the non-profit organization tweeted at 8:12 a.m. The alert was the fourth one issued by the … Read more