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4 days ago | 
thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser
Roughly 15,000homes and businesses across central and eastern Ontario were without power on Monday as most of the province endured another day of dangerously high heat. At the peak of the outage, approximately 19,000 homes and businesses were reportedly without power across the province — including more than 2,700 in Toronto. Environment Canada issued a heat warning over the weekend that came into effect Sunday afternoon and is expected to last until Tuesday night.
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4 days ago | 
thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser
Roughly 17,000 homes and businesses across central and eastern Ontario are without power as most of the province enters another day of dangerously high heat. At the peak of the outage on Monday, approximately 19,000 homes and businesses were reportedly without power across the province — including more than 2,700 in Toronto. Around 15,000 of the outages were reported after severe thunderstorms Saturday night cut power to approximately 50,000 Hydro One customers.
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4 days ago | 
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Anastasia Blosser
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4 days ago | 
thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser
If Sunday felt like one of the hottest June days of your life, that’s because it might have been. The humidex value broke an all-time record in Toronto after a sweltering 46 was recorded at Pearson International Airport. The only other June day to record a value that high was back in 2018 when temperatures felt as hot as 46 on June 30, Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder told the Star. The weather agency has been recording humidex values since 1953, he added.
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4 days ago | 
thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser
You are the owner of this article. You have permission to edit this article. 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.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Anastasia Blosser
You are the owner of this article. You have permission to edit this article. 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.
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4 days ago | 
thespec.com | Ilyas Hussein |Anastasia Blosser |Serena Austin |Angelyn Francis
Extreme heat is expected to continue in Toronto and much of Ontario today. Follow the Star’s live updates. Monday shaping up to be hottest June 23 in Toronto historyMonday is unofficially the hottest June 23 recorded at Pearson in Toronto history, Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder told the Star. Reached in 1921 and 1983, the current standing record for June 23 is 32.8 C. As of 1 p.m. Tuesday at Pearson, temperatures reached 34.4 C, Flisfeder said.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Anastasia Blosser
Over 2,500 homes and businesses in Toronto lost power around 12:30 p.m. on Monday as temperatures continue to soar in the city. The majority of the outages are reported near Yonge Street and Blythwood Road with several smaller ones along St. Clair Avenue West, between Yonge and Bathurst streets, according to the Toronto Hydro outage map. Some customers are not expected to have power restored until 4 a.m. on Tuesday.
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4 days ago | 
thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser
Over 2,500 homes and businesses in Toronto lost power around 12:30 p.m. on Monday as temperatures continue to soar in the city. The majority of the outages are reported near Yonge Street and Blythwood Road with several smaller ones along St. Clair Avenue West, between Yonge and Bathurst streets, according to the Toronto Hydro outage map. Some customers are not expected to have power restored until 4 a.m. on Tuesday.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Anastasia Blosser
If Sunday felt like one of the hottest June days of your life, that’s because it might have been. The humidex value broke an all-time record in Toronto after a sweltering 46 was recorded at Pearson International Airport. The only other June day to record a value that high was back in 2018 when temperatures felt as hot as 46 on June 30, Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder told the Star. The weather agency has been recording humidex values since 1953, he added.
