A cold beer on a hot, dry day is almost a cliché, but there have been too many hot dry days in the past couple of years.
"Water is the No. 1 input. The cost of utilities in Alberta has seen, you know, pretty steady increase. The cost of water I expect to go lockstep and boy, when you look at the trucks in the parking lot picking up beer, they're mostly full of water. It's water that's been value added with alcohol, but it's mostly full of water."Wineries in Spain have been hit by record heat and in France, freezing cold, straining those countries' supplies.
Mild temperatures for the second straight winter mean another early start to tapping trees, meaning the sap has started flowing before many producers are ready to collect it, and before the sap has achieved its optimum sugar content.The reserve is in place to make sure there's always a consistent supply of maple syrup to export.But this past year, less than seven million pounds – a low that hasn't been seen in 15 years.
While Chocolate, beer, wine and even syrup are luxury items, a changing climate affects the entire food chain, said the University of British Columbia's Carol McAusland. McAusland says governments need to develop long-term strategies to lessen the impact of climate change."When we had the heat dome in British Columbia, the excess mortality in that one week was 600. Those were deaths. So, that's not because people didn't have food. It was because they didn't have homes that could keep them protected from extreme heat," McAusland said.
Around 35 centimetres of snow fell in Lethbridge over the past six days, and while experts say it will help avoid a potential drought, it all matters on how slow it melts.Lethbridge police are looking for video of a hit-and-run on Sunday afternoon that saw a woman and her dog hit by a vehicle, killing the dog.The City of Lethbridge is providing a lifesaving kit at the Exmax Centre as part of a public awareness campaign aimed at promoting first-aid during emergencies.
Proposed regulations on the language of commercial signage could lead to the 'disappearance of popular products' from Quebec stores, says an international business group.More than half a million Quebecers are still waiting for a family doctor but it appears reinforcements are not on their way.A woman in her 50s was arrested last week for criminal harassment of Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier, police announced Monday.