Police respond to more than 350 snow-related crashes in the GTA
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 21, 2019 — With the extreme cold and heavy snowfall Torontonians experienced over the weekend, there was a huge increase in collisions over a short period of time. Starting on Saturday afternoon police officers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) responded to more than 100 collisions within the […]
Friday Fun: Cold weather and hot fires
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 5, 2017 — In today’s Friday Fun: extreme weather drives huge business for collision repair facilities across Canada, a warning on car-share insurance, and much much more! Deep Freeze The past few weeks have been all about the cold weather in North America. The National Weather Service in […]
The return of a Canadian classic: winter
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — November 23, 2016 — Everybody loves a classic, and reports indicate that we’ll soon be seeing the return of a very Canadian classic: winter. Winters across Canada have been extraordinarily mild for the last two years. While the mild weather brought some advantages to Canadians, such as not having […]
Is the frequency of ‘extreme’ weather increasing?
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 25, 2015 — A surprise wind storm in BC. Massive hailstorms. More intensive thunder storms. The frequency and intensity of weather events seems to be increasing. It just might be time to give the subject of extreme weather a bit of thought. It’s common knowledge that weather conditions […]
