ICE AGE NOW: Global Cooling Continues Relentlessly - Ontario, Canada Breaks Cold Temperature Records For Spring!

Ontario's long cold winter isn't over yet, even if spring has officially sprung

April 7, 2016 - ONTARIO, CANADA - After a mild winter where temperatures in Ontario more typical of April often appeared, a large arctic high-pressure area sent temperatures plummeting to values more typical of mid-winter on April 5.

As a result of unseasonable cold, new record low minimums were set in a number of localities across Southern and Northeastern Ontario.

"We used up some of our spring-like weather too early, and now we're paying for it," Environment Canada Meteorologist Geoff Coulson said. Coulson added that cold temperatures can be blamed on a combination of a weakening El Niño and polar vortex coming down south.

Deep freeze breaking southern Ontario weather records. Toronto under extreme cold warning

"The vortex brought with it some colder air, not just for Ontario but also for Quebec, Atlantic Canada, and a good chunk of the midwestern US and northeastern US as well. And with this pattern being fairly stubborn at this point, this cold air is expected to linger at least through mid-month, giving us temperatures more like single digit highs anywhere between 2, 3 °C (35.6, 37.4 °F) when we'd normally be seeing daytime highs of around 10 °C (50 °F)."

The following is a summary of weather event information received by Environment Canada on April 5:

London Airport -12.0 °C (10.4 °F) breaks previous record -10.5 °C (13.1 °F) set in 1995
Delhi -12.2 °C (10.04 °F) breaks previous record -10.5 °C set in 1995
Kitchener -15.5 °C (4.1 °F) breaks previous record -11.5 °C (11.3 °F) set in 1982
Guelph -16.7 °C (1.94 °F) breaks previous record -12.8 °C (8.96 °F) set in 1903
Hamilton -10.9 °C (12.38 °F) breaks previous record -10.8 °C (12.56 °F) set in 1995
Barrie -15.0 °C (5 °F) breaks previous record -14.0 °C (6.8 °F) set in 1982
Timmins -24.5 °C (-12.1 °F) breaks previous record -22.9 °C (-9.22 °F) set in 1995
Kirkland Lake -26.5 °C (-15.7 °F) breaks previous record -22.8 °C (-9.04 °F) set in 1970

- The Watchers.

RATTLE & HUM: Mysterious Sounds Heard Across The Planet - The "Windsor Hum" Is Now LOUDER THAN EVER, A Strange Inexplicable Hum Is Haunting Residents Of A Canadian City; Like A "POUNDING ON THE WALL,... Incessant Sound,... SHOOK EVERYTHING,... Vibrating Beds Of Residents,... Rattle Windows,... It Can Get Real DISTURBING,..."?!

Windsor, Canada as seen from Detroit. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)

March 7, 2016 - ONTARIO, CANADA - A droning, industrial hum that for years perplexed and disturbed locals in Windsor, Ontario, near the U.S.-Canada border, reemerged in recent months.

The monotonous, reverberating sound and its accompanying vibrations – known as “the Windsor hum”—has returned to haunt the city’s residents, according to the Windsor Star.

And this time it’s louder than ever.

Mike Provost, a resident on Windsor’s Hillcrest Boulevard, has kept records of the hums heard throughout his neighborhood, he told the newspaper. He noted a particular blast on Saturday, Feb. 27, that “shook everything … like a pounding on the wall."

“Some people complain about dishes rattling, windows rattling,” Provost told the Star. “It can get real disturbing.”

Concerns about the hum first arose several years ago on the western and southern ends of Windsor, which lies just south of Detroit across the Detroit River. One night in 2012, more than 22,000 residents phoned government officials about the hum during a call-in event.

A 2013 report in On Earth magazine described how the incessant sound disturbed thousands of residents in that time, “vibrating their beds, wrecking their concentration, making their toddlers cranky. Some even blamed it for killing their goldfish.”

The hum jolted resident Gary Grosse out of sleep at 2 a.m. one night, the magazine reported, driving him to try to hunt down the source in his car. Another resident, Sherry Kelly, heard the hum, too, but feared people would think she was crazy if she mentioned it.

The crew of a SyFy channel show even visited Windsor in 2013 and floated the idea that the hum was connected to HAARP, a U.S. communications program that conspiracy theorists said could control minds or the weather, depending on whom you ask. The show found no conclusions.

After myriad complaints, a 2014 report by the Canadian government linked the noise pollution to the work of U.S. Steel, based on Zug Island – a mass of land in the Detroit River just over the U.S.-Canadian border, the Star reported.

Experts think the hum could be the traveling sound of distant blasts from industrial furnaces releasing pressure on the American island, but jurisdictional complications have hamstrung Canadian officials in investigating operations there.

U.S. Steel, for its part, has cast doubt on the notion that it causes the hum.

An attorney of River Rouge, Mich., the municipality that oversees Zug Island, told the Star in 2012 that it didn’t have resources to look into the problem.

“We are not going to pay for something that is for somebody else’s benefit because this is not a problem affecting us,” David Bower said.

According to Provost, the Windsor resident tracking the hum’s return, the jolting noises have been worse around 8 p.m.

“Come on, give me a break,” he said. “Let us get some sleep. Let us get some peace and quiet.” - USA Today.

ICE AGE NOW: Global Cooling Continues Relentlessly - 60 PERCENT Of Lake Erie Freezes Over In Just Two Days! [VIDEOS]

Lake Erie. © National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

February 19, 2016 - LAKE ERIE, CANADA - The weekend cold snap in parts of Central and Eastern Canada was so extreme, nearly 60 per cent of Lake Erie froze over two days.

Environment Canada issued cold or winter storm warnings on Saturday for provinces from Manitoba to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Temperatures in Windsor, Ont., for instance, dipped to - 17 C on Sunday.

On Friday, satellite imagery showed three per cent of the shallowest of the Great Lakes to be covered in ice.


WATCH: 60% of Lake Erie freezes over in 2 days.

By Sunday, it was 64 per cent covered, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

© National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The image above shows Lake Erie on Friday, while the image below shows the lake Sunday.

Mel Diotte of Windsor, Ont., caught the ice forming on Lake Erie while he was near Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, Ont.


WATCH: Extreme cold freezes 60 percent of lake Erie, most of Niagara Falls.

 
 WATCH: Polar Vortex and Niagara Falls Frozen Mist.

- CBC.

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Stunning Weather Phenomena In Ontario, Canada - "Sun Dog" Sparkles Along Orangeville Skyline And Morning "Sun Dog" Captures Attention Of Residents In Caledon! [PHOTOS]

Local photographer Rose Knott managed to capture an image of a sun dog near Mono early Saturday morning (Feb. 13).© Rose Knott

February 15, 2016 - ONTARIO, CANADA - Mother Nature has treated residents in the Orangeville area to a relatively uncommon atmospheric phenomenon only seen a few times every year.

After a band of snow squalls moved through Dufferin County last night, the skies cleared to reveal a parhelion — informally nicknamed a sun dog — near Mono early Saturday morning (Feb. 13).

Local photographer Rose Knott managed to capture an image of the uncommon occurrence early Saturday morning.

"I've never seen a sun dog. It was just so exciting to me," she posted on Facebook. "Just felt so thrilled to capture this."

Sun dogs are formed when sunlight refracts off ice crystals in the atmosphere, creating bright spots on either side of the sun. In some cases, a rainbow-shaped halo can be seen connecting these bright pillars beside the sun.

"It is more the ice crystals high up in the atmosphere that create the phenomena," Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson told The Banner last year. "When those ice crystals reflect the sunlight at a certain angle, it can form these sun dogs."

Cold air isn't a preamble to a sundog, as Coulson said they could appear pretty much year round. They usually occur in the morning when the sun is rising or when it is setting in the evening.

"What you're really looking for is relatively cloud free conditions," Coulson said. "To be able to view it, you really would had to be within sort of the breaks in the flurry activity to actually see the sun and the phenomena itself." - Orangeville Banner.

Morning 'sun dog' captures attention of residents in Caledon, Ontario

© Lori Makarewicz

Residents across Caledon were looking to the skies Thursday morning (Feb. 11) as a unique 'sun dog' cast a spherical glow on the landscape.

"It certainly was a beautiful sight this morning, wasn't it?" local resident, Lori Makarewicz said to The Enterprise. "I have never seen one like that before. I almost got frostbite by standing out in my sandals on the front lawn, didn't want to waste any time looking for my boots in case I missed it!"

According to Environment Canada meteorologist, Rebecca Wagner, "sun dogs" which are also classified as parhelion, halos, or "mock suns," are an optical effect caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

"In particular this morning we had a very well developed halo around the sun with two bands with bright spots on either side of the sun, at about the same elevation," she continued.

© Gordon Bentley

While they technically occur any time of the year, sun dogs appear more vividly in the winter due to the combination of ice crystals in the atmosphere and the low angle of the sun in the sky - and even still, are usually only spotted about two to three times a year.

As the sun rises in the sky, the halo diminishes as the angle of the light hitting the ice crystals changing. Bolton resident, Craig Kellough, spotted the unique optical effect over the North Hill of town.

"I was driving into Bolton around 9 a.m. when I saw this spectacular scene in the sky surrounding the sun," he said. "I had to pull over and take as many shots as I could. It was something I had never seen before."

According to Wagner, with the chilly temperatures and clear skies predicted for this weekend, there might be another in store for those who missed Thursday morning's display. - Caledon Enterprise.

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVALS: Sinkholes Keep Popping Up Across The North America - Sinkhole Holds Up Truck By Bumpers In Thunder Bay, Ontario!

A sinkhole developed overnight at the corner of Brock and Sprague Streets, which eroded the ground, eventually having this truck rest on its bumpers.© Jeff Walters/CBC

January 26, 2016 - ONTARIO, CANADA - A truck is being held up by its bumpers after a sinkhole appeared overnight at the corner of Brock and Sprague Streets.

As of 10 a.m., city crews had already plowed back snowbanks, and were preparing to dig down to find the exact cause of the sinkhole.

Pieces of sidewalk and roadway were crumbling around the deep hole, as the underside of pavement and concrete could be seen hanging in mid air.

The intersection is supposed to open late Friday evening, but will have to be closed again on Saturday.

WATCH: Brock and Sprague sinkhole.

- CBC.

PLANETARY TREMORS: It's Shaking All Over - Earthquake Swarm Rattles Northwest Oklahoma; Magnitude 4 Tremor Felt In El Salvador; 4.4 Magnitude Temblor Hits Eastern Nepal; Sudbury Area In Ontario, Canada Shaken By Earthquakes; Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Hits Eastern Taiwan; 5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Central Turkey; Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Recorded Near Fiji Islands; 4.9 Earthquake Shakes Davao Occidental, Philippines; Two Earthquakes Recorded In Bárðarbunga Caldera, Iceland; 5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Registered Near The Solomon Islands!

USGS earthquake locations of 2.5 magnitude or higher over the last day.

January 11, 2016 - EARTH - The following constitutes several of the most noteworthy earthquakes to the planet over the last 24 hours, as we continue to monitor the global seismic uptick.

Earthquake swarm rattles northwest Oklahoma

USGS map showing earthquake swarm in Oklahoma.

More than two dozen earthquakes have been recorded in northwest Oklahoma since Wednesday night.

Four of the temblors measured magnitude 4.0 or stronger, and one was the strongest quake recorded in Oklahoma so far this year, according to U.S. Geological Survey records.

Despite all the shaking, there have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The earthquake swarm began at 10:27 p.m. Wednesday with the strongest quakes — measuring magnitude 4.4 and 4.8 — 30 seconds apart at Waynoka, in Woods County. Over the next hour, those were followed by two quakes measuring 3.4 magnitude at Waynoka, and one 3.3 magnitude temblor in the Major County town of Cleo Springs.

According to USGS, the 4.4 magnitude quake was 3 miles deep. It was originally reported to be 4.3 magnitude, but it was later upgraded to 4.7 before being downgraded again to 4.4 magnitude. The 4.8 magnitude quake was 3.7 miles deep. The other temblors were all about 3 miles deep.

In the hours that followed, there were 12 magnitude 3.0 or greater temblors, and 11 measuring below magnitude 3.0.

The two strongest quakes since Wednesday night both measured magnitude 4.0, and both were about 3 miles deep. The first, at 2:37 a.m. Thursday was recorded at Aline, in Alfalfa County. The second occurred at 1:59 p.m. Thursday in Waynoka.

There were two other quakes less than 30 seconds apart in the swarm. A 3.0 magnitude temblor was recorded at 4:48 a.m. Thursday at Waynoka. It was 2 miles deep. A 3.5 magnitude quake followed 24 seconds later, within the same minute, at Waynoka. It was 3 miles deep. - Enid News & Eagle.

Magnitude 4 earthquake felt in El Salvador

A four-magnitude earthquake in Richter's scale was felt in some regions in El Salvador on Sunday, especially in the department of Usulutan, 117 kilometers from this capital.

The earth tremor was reported at 03:52 hours, local time, on Sunday, and its epicenter was located 10 kilometers deep, off the coast of that region. No material damage or human victims were reported.

El Salvador is in a highly-seismic region due to the volcanic chain that is part of the Pacific fire belt, which runs along the country's territory.

Another earthquake-generating source is a system of geological faults that run from northwest to southeast on Salvadorian territory. - Prensa Latina.

4.4 magnitude tremor hits eastern Nepal

A fresh tremor of local magnitude 4.4 was felt in eastern Nepal on Saturday midnight.

According to the National Seismological Centre, the light tremor was recorded at around 11:23:28 pm and it has been listed as an aftershock of the April 25 earthquake.

The epicentre of the aftershock was in Ramechhap district, with the coordinates of the location 27.48°N, 86.01°E. The location lies around 15 kilometres northwest of the district headquarters, Manthali.

With this, the NSC records show that as many as 424 significant aftershocks (of local magnitude 4.0 or above) have followed the devastating earthquake on April 25. Around 9,000 people were killed in the earthquake and its powerful May 12 aftershock in Nepal.

Earlier on January 4 morning, tremors of the powerful earthquake that struck northeast India were felt in the eastern Nepal also. - The Himalayan Times.

Sudbury area in Ontario, Canada shaken by earthquakes

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, two earthquakes originated at the coordinates 46.3 N, 80.8 W, which is just roughly
40 km south of Sudbury, close to Estaire. Photo: Google Maps

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has reported that two earthquakes occurred this evening about 30 km southeast of Sudbury.

The first occurred at 5:37 p.m. and registered at 3.2 magnitude, the second occurred 12 minutes later at 5:49 p.m. and registered at 3.2 magnitude.

According to the MNR, the quakes originated at the coordinates 46.3 N, 80.8 W, which is roughly 30 km southeast of Sudbury, close to Estaire.

"There are no reports of damage, and none would be expected," said Alison Bird of the MNR in an email to NorthernLife.ca

Readers reported feeling the quakes in Lively, Azilda, Dowling, Chelmsford, Hanmer, Val Caron and parts of Sudbury.

One caller to the NorthernLife.ca tip line reported "two big blasts" heard and felt in Chelmsford.

"They sounded like they came from the north of us but I'm not sure," said the caller.

"It was before 6 p.m. and the last one was the worst."

Vale spokesperson Angie Robson has confirmed in an email that the blasts were not related to Vale mining operations.

"Confirmed with Copper Cliff, all is fine there and not blast related, all seems to be fine at Creighton too. Doesn't appear to be from our operations," said Robson.

Many of the reports circulating social media are saying that there were two distinct events.  - Bay Today.

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits eastern Taiwan

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted eastern Taiwan at 12:52 p.m. Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau.

The quake's epicenter was located at sea about 66.2 kilometers south of Hualien County Hall at a depth of 28.6 km, the bureau's data shows.

The quake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was highest in Changbin Township in Taitung County, where it measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale.

It was felt at an intensity of 3 in some areas of Hualien. No immediate injuries or damage were reported.  - Focus Taiwan.

5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes central Turkey

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit central Turkey late Sunday, The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD) stated. No casualties have yet been reported from the area.

The epicenter of the quake was declared as the Çiçekdağı district of central Kırşehir province.

The tremor was also felt in neighboring Kırıkkale and the capital Ankara, AFAD addded.

In Turkey, earthquakes are scaled by Boğaziçi University's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute. The observatory and AFAD keep record of every earthquake in and around the country.

Kandilli Observatory also offers a webpage listing the last 2000 earthquakes that took place in mainland Turkey, its islands, territorial waters or surrounding regions. - Daily Sabah.

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake recorded near Fiji Islands

Fiji Islands

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on Sunday in the South Pacific near Fiji Islands, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The quake struck Fiji at 6:10 local time (19:10 GMT). The epicenter was located 29 kilometers (18 miles) south-east of the Ndoi Island of the Fiji archipelago, according to the agency.

Information about neither the civilian damage or casualties nor tsunami threat was immediately available.

According to the Richter scale, earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.0-5.9 are considered to be moderate and can lead to casualties and cause damage to buildings and infrastructure. - Sputnik.

4.9 earthquake shakes Davao Occidental, Philippines

Epicenter map. © Phivolcs

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Davao Occidental on January 10, 2016, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in its bulletin said.

The quake occurred at 8:45 p.m. with its epicenter traced at 262 kilometers (km) southeast of Jose Abad Santos town, Davao Occidental, the state agency said.

The tremor was tectonic in origin, with a depth of 72 km, it said.

No aftershock was registered, Phivolcs added.

It was caused by movements along a local fault in Surigao Island, Phivolcs said.

The Southern Mindanao regional action and monitoring center of the Office of Civil Defense said there was no report on casualty or damage when the earthquake hit Jose Abad Santos town last night. - Manila Bulletin.

Two earthquakes recorded in Bárðarbunga caldera, Iceland

Rumbling Earthquakes measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale, were detected yesterday morning (Sunday) in the southeastern part of the Bárðarbunga caldera.© IMO

Two earthquakes, which measured 3.2 on the Richter scale, were detected yesterday morning (Sunday) in the southeastern part of the Bárðarbunga caldera. Bárðarbunga is a stratovolcano located below Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland's largest ice cap.

Bárðarbunga is also part of an extensive volcanic system that is approximately 200 km (120 mi) long and 25 kilometres (16 mi) wide.

According to the IMO's information, high frequency spikes due to frost were also clearly seen on stations close to Hekla yesterday. - Iceland Magazine.

5.0 magnitude earthquake registered near the Solomon Islands

5.0 magnitude earthquake 116 km from Lata, Temotu, Solomon Islands
about 15 hours ago

UTC time: Sunday, January 10, 2016 22:07 PM

Your time: Sunday, January 10 2016 10:07 PM

Magnitude Type: mb

USGS page: M 5.0 - 115km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands

USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Reports from the public: 0 people

- Earthquake Track.

ICE AGE NOW: Global Cooling Continues Relentlessly - Record Snowfall For Sudbury, Ontario!

The sidewalk leading to the pedestrian tunnel connecting Riverside Drive to Elgin Street and downtown Sudbury, remained uncleared for much of the day Wednesday,
after a record 33 centimetres of snow blanketed Greater Sudbury Tuesday. © Jonathan Migneault.

January 2, 2016 - ONTARIO, CANADA - City to start clearing high-use bus stops Wednesday night

It's expected to take the city two more days to clear all 425 kilometres of sidewalks and walkways in Greater Sudbury, after a record 33-centimetre snowfall Tuesday.

"They're making good progress," said City of Greater Sudbury spokesperson Shannon Dowling.

Tony Cecutti, the city's general manager of infrastructure, said the focus on clearing Greater Sudbury's 3,560-kilometre municipal road network within 24 hours slowed down efforts to clean up sidewalks and walkways.

"Unfortunately, we've filled in some of the sidewalks with our own plows," he said.

The city plowed all streets and roadways by 4 a.m. Wednesday, and proceeded with second passes throughout the rest of the day.

Cecutti said the city has a crew dedicated to sidewalks, and a fleet of 25 small plows — called sidewalk municipal tractors — used for the task.

By 9 p.m. Wednesday, city crews are expected to start clearing Sudbury's 135 bus shelters and the regular bus stops that see the most traffic. The standard the city sets is to clear bus shelters within 48 hours after a storm ends.

Greater Sudbury has 1,358 bus stops, but only those that see higher ridership - primarily along busier roads like Lasalle Boulevard and Regent Street - will be visited by city crews, again within 48 hours after a storm ends.

If a bus stop has not been cleared, the city encourages transit passengers to wait at any viable clearing near the stop and wave down their bus.

City bus drivers have been instructed to find clear areas to drop off passengers when stops are blocked by snowbanks. - Northern Life.

ICE AGE NOW: "It's UNCOMMON To See This Much Ice" - 18 Ships Stranded And Stuck In Frozen Lake Superior; Huge Ice Chunks Stacked Some 8 FEET DEEP!

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Samuel Risley is shown in this aerial photo near Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior
northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario April 7, 2015. (Reuters / Kenneth Armstrong)

April 9, 2015 - NORTH AMERICA - Huge ice chunks stacked some 8 feet deep on Lake Superior have left 18 freighters stuck. The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards have gotten involved, sending Canadian icebreakers and American vessels to to help the ships break free from Whitefish Bay.

Mark Gill, director of Vessel Traffic Services for the U.S. Coast Guard at Ste. Saint Marie, Michigan, told NPR's Melissa Block that the ice has created a traffic jam on the water. "Imagine an interstate highway where you've got a north and a south bound lane," Gill said. "And there's a bridge that passes over a waterway, and that bridge is out, so traffic going north, traffic going south, can't move until that bridge is repaired — that's kind of what we're up against here."

Gill says weather is partly to blame. "Two weeks ago in Lake Superior, the lake was roughly 75 percent covered in ice," said Gill. "[With] warmer temperatures, that ice has begun to break free from the shore line, and then we had a wind event last week where the westerly winds took all of that free-floating ice and has packed it into the eastern end of Lake Superior."

Rescuers’ main task is to break a path within the ice for the ships to use, spokeswoman for the Canadian Coast Guard,
Carol Launderville, said in a Tuesday statement.

It is uncommon to see this much ice along the shipping route between Michigan, USA, and Ontario, Canada.
The shipping season on the Great Lakes began in March.

Harsh spring weather has caused up to 18 American and Canadian ships to become stranded in ice-covered Lake Superior, with coastguards working
on a rescue operation. One of the freighters has been damaged by the crushing grip of the ice.

That ice has gotten packed pretty densely. "Whitefish Bay is 100 percent covered with ice that is three feet thick," said Gill. "The ice in Lake Superior has pressed up against this firm ice edge in Whitefish Bay and has started to roll up on itself, and it's created a roughly 35 square mile field of ice. Some of the chunks that have come out of Lake Superior are pickup truck-sized. And those chunks that are that size are stacked on top of each other, they've reached a thickness of eight feet."

Gill says as a result, six east bound ships and 12 west bound ships, carrying mostly iron ore and coal, are blocked. "They're waiting in a holding pattern while we clear a path to get them through this field of ice." So far, two of those ships have started to make their way out of the ice with the help of a Canadian Coast Guard ship. A Canadian "arctic breaker" has been brought down to join the effort as well.

Gill told NPR that the ships have to clear a path for the freighters to get out of the ice. "It's not so much a breakup," he said. "You're picking through it till you find openings, and you're kinda shoving pieces away as you make your way through. By working side to side, you open it up, so that the ships that are kind of following you into it. You're literally creating an open space, and then sliding forward, and then an open space, and sliding forward."

United States Coast Guard ships break up ice in eastern Lake Superior on Tuesday. Kenneth Armstrong/Reuters/Landov

A satellite view of the ice on Lake Superior. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Canadian icebreaker Pierre Radisson on Wednesday set out to join other rescue ships to help break the ice in Whitefish Bay, according to the US Coast Guard.

The work can be dangerous, says Gill. "It's very tedious," he said. "And it's risky, cause at night, you can't see, and so you're almost at the behest of Mother Nature there as she blows her winds on it. Some of the pieces are jagged. One of the ships took a hole in one of its ballast tanks."

But Gill says for the most part, all parties involved have managed to keep their calm through the entire ordeal. "Time is money for these vessels, so they want to know when they're moving. Generally, it's calm, cool, and collected," he said. "Occasionally people's frustration gets the better of them and they get some flare-ups. But for the most part, it's civil." - NPR.

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: Sinkholes Keep Popping Up Across North America - Car-Sized Sinkhole Opens Up In Cornwall, Ontario And Sinkhole Appears In Fort Campbell, Kentucky!

March 13, 2015 - NORTH AMERICA - A section of Fifth Street East outside Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School collapsed late Wednesday night causing a giant sinkhole. A sinkhole forced soldiers at Fort Campbell to take evasive maneuvers to get around post.

Car-sized sinkhole opens up in Cornwall, Ontario

Three public works employees check where a backhoe with a jack hammer is excavating the site of a sinkhole on Fifth Street East in the early morning hours
of March 12, 2015. A water main break caused part of the street to collapse.  © Cornwall Newswatch/Bill Kingston

A section of Fifth Street East outside Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School collapsed late Wednesday night causing a giant sinkhole.

The hole, which took up the entire left lane of Fifth Street, was about the size of a compact car.

A Cornwall public works supervisor watches for equipment to arrive at the site of a sinkhole on Fifth Street East on March 12, 2015.
A water main break was to blame for the sinkhole.   © Cornwall Newswatch/Bill Kingston

Typically, fluctuating temperatures above and below freezing like Cornwall has experienced the last couple of days is extremely hard on water mains.

A Cornwall public works supervisor and roughly a half dozen workers could be seen inspecting a large cavity under the street before a backhoe with a jack hammer was brought in around 1:30 a.m.

Workers could be seen rerouting water in order to make repairs and it's believed that water service in the area wasn't affected.

A section of Fifth Street East from Sydney Street to Amelia Street was closed overnight to traffic.

It's not known when the street will reopen. - Cornwall News Watch.

Sinkhole appears in Fort Campbell, Kentucky

A sinkhole forced soldiers at Fort Campbell to take evasive maneuvers to get around post.

The 20-by-20 hole opened up on Monday on the corner of Wickham Avenue and 101st Road Cole Park Commons.

Geologist Kallina Dunkle with Austin Peay State University believes the snow and ice followed by rain caused the sinkhole.

"Times when we tend to get more rain and especially this year with getting the snow melt on top of the rain, it's going to be more likely," Dunkle said.

Dunkle said sinkholes are fairly common in Tennessee, particularly in Clarksville where there is a lot of limestone. Dozens of sinkholes have opened up on Austin Peay's campus over the past decade.


WATCH: Sinkhole opens up at Fort Campbell.

"We can imagine where typically a series of caves or systems that might be connected, and so when all that soil starts to get washed out into the underlying system, you end up with a depression at the top," Dunkle said.

Last spring, construction crews discovered a relatively small sinkhole near Austin Peay's football field. The sinkhole expanded and was nearly 60 feet deep.

Bill Persinger with Austin Peay said at no time was anyone or any building in danger.

Since sinkholes are so common on campus, support systems have been put in place under each structure to ensure its stability.

"Our Sundquist Science Building is actually our largest building on campus," Persinger said. "It had issued there. And usually it boils down to structuring the building right, getting the right size, putting concrete in certain areas to make sure the building will stay there."

Engineers at Fort Campbell are looking at assessing the sinkhole there this week to see how deep it is. They said it could take anywhere from two weeks to several months to fill. - WSMV.

EXTREME WEATHER: "It's Pretty Bad" - Tornado Destroys Up To 100 Homes In Essa In Canada's Ontario Province; State Of Emergency Declared!

June 18, 2014 - CANADA - A tornado Tuesday afternoon destroyed or badly damaged up to 100 homes in Canada's Ontario province, authorities said Wednesday after surveying the devastation.

East News/AP Photo/Tulsa World, Gary Crow

"It's pretty bad," government Minister Kellie Leitch told a nationally-televised press conference, adding that the twister destroyed "up to 100 homes."

"Some houses have almost the entire roofs off, some half the roofs off, some the back of the house is collapsed. And it's pretty devastating," she said, AFP reports.

A state of emergency has been declared in the township of Essa, north of Toronto, after Environment Canada reported an "EF-2" twister on the 0-6 Enhanced Fujita scale.

The tornado touched down at 5:20 pm Tuesday in Angus and tracked east for 15 minutes, with winds of up to 180 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.

"The (accompanying) thunderstorms did bring sudden very heavy downpours, gusty winds, and frequent lightning," the government agency said.

The tornado flipped vehicles and scattered debris.

Some 6,000 area homes remained without power Wednesday morning and an emergency shelter has been set up at a nearby military base for as many as 300 people.

There were no reports of serious injuries. - VOR.

FIRE IN THE SKY: The Latest Fireball Sightings - Fireball Seen Over Ontario, Canada As "Bright As The Moon" And "Huge" Fireball Seen Over At Least 5 American States, Likely Meteorites Fell In Wyoming! [MAPS]

June 07, 2014 - SPACE - The following constitutes the edited initial meteor reports from the Lunar Meteorites Hunters of two of the latest incidents of fireball sightings across North America.

Fireball Seen Over Ontario, Canada As "Bright As The Moon"

Lunar Meteorites Hunters/Google Earth

Initial Meteor Sighting Report

June 6, 2014 - Edsel Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Time was 10:05pm. It lasted for 3-4 seconds. It was light yellow and bright as the Moon. Yes, it had one large piece and one small piece trailing behind it.

June 6, 2014 - Donald Johnston Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. Time was 10:30pm. It lasted 2-4 seconds and was moving slightly southwest to slightly northeast. The object was blue/white/amber and brighter thand the Moon. It broke apart and then stop emitting light before horizon.

June 6, 2014 - Doug Stoney Creek, Canada. Time was 10:05. It lasted for about 1second. The object was moving south to north. It had a bright lime green popsicle colour. There was a faint sound accompanying its flight. It seemed as if it went down into Lake Ontario, about 10 miles north of me about a third of the way across the lake to Toronto. It was about 10 times the size of an airplane at that distance.

"Huge" Fireball Seen Over At Least 5 American States, Likely Meteorites Fell In Wyoming

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Initial Report

June 5, 2014 - Matt Bellvue, Colorado.   Time was 9:21pm MST. It lasted between 8-10pm? Object was moving south to north, I was facing east. It moved right to left. The color was white, with a  red hue at peak. It was brighter than Venus. It left a large trail but no fragments were observed, from its very flat trajectory. Tried for photo, but it moved too quickly.

June 5, 2014 - Ben Weeks Livermore, Colorado. The time was about 9:22 pm MST. The fireball lasted 3 seconds? It was moving east to west and I was looking north. It was a huge, falling star. The largest I have ever seen by far, maybe ten percent of the size of the full Moon, relative to my perspective. I am in northeast Colorado, 30 miles from Wyoming. It was north of me, traveling east to west. It was very, very bright. The size were nothing like I have ever seen and I am over 50 years old. To be specific, large object had what appeared to be green fire, swirling around it.  There was no fragmentation. It was an incredible sighting. I will never forget it.

June 5, 2014 - Chris Perry Loveland. The time was around 10:24pm MT. It lasted 5-7 seconds and was moving right to left in northerly direction. The object appeared to be pink/blue. There was no sound. It was as bright as the Moon. No fragmentation was observed.

June 5, 2014  - Dane Andersen Sioux Falls, SD. The time was about 10:00pm. The flight was about 15 seconds. The object was moving in a southeast to northwest direction. I was facing the west. It had a sparkling tail and made no sound. I would say that it was about as bright as the Moon. This is my first supposed meteor sighting and I was awestruck. I haven't seen anything quite like it before, with its particular size, speed, distance, and appearance.


- Lunar Meteorites Hunters.

FIRE IN THE SKY: Meteor Sighting - Bright Light Seen Streaking Across The Skies Over Southern Ontario, Canada; Also Seen Over Western New York! [VIDEOS]

May 05, 2014 - ONTARIO, CANADA - Dozens of Ontario residents say they think they saw a meteor streak across the sky Sunday afternoon, and an expert says there is little doubt that is what they spotted.

Laurence/Twitter

Peter Brown, a professor at the University of Western Ontario who studies meteors and meteorites, says the widespread eyewitness reports and images are consistent with a meteor.

Many Ontarians took to social media or contacted the American Meteor Society to report either a flash of light or a loud rumble.

The reports came in from various southern Ontario communities and parts of the United States.

Unconfirmed reports indicate loud blast over Peterborough and GTA was result of a meteor. Stay tuned for updates.

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The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) May 04, 2014

Meteor just went over cobourg/porthope and broke the sound barrier. Just heard the sonic boom #meteor

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Lily Garner (@Lily_garner) May 04, 2014

Looks like a meteor exploded over Toronto/Peterborough today. Raptors were just eliminated - coincidence? #dinoRock

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Jeff/e/ (@JeffSmalley) May 04, 2014

The meteor society posted a comment from a person who said he was from Toronto and that the flash was brighter than a lightening bolt.

Dana Petrillo, of Colbourg, Ont., tweeted that her house vibrated and that she first thought there had been an earthquake or explosion.

"It was a really low rumble that just reverberated through the walls. It really wasn't a shaking, like in an earthquake, but more like a wave. It really did feel like an explosion," she said in an email.

Most of the equipment the university has to track meteors was not in operation Sunday afternoon, but a series of microphones the university has in place did detect a shockwave, Brown said.

Based on the data and the eyewitness reports it appears the shockwave occurred in the area of Peterborough, Ont., and its characteristics allowed for an estimate of the size of the meteor, said Brown.

"The energy is somewhere in the order of a few tens of tons of TNT explosive equivalent," he said in an interview Sunday night. "That would translate into something on the order of half to one metre in diameter and that's going to be a mass of ....a few metric tons."


WATCH: Meteor seen in the skies over Ontario

 


It's possible some fragments hit the ground, Brown added.

"This clearly was a pretty massive event, lots of mass, so on that basis alone I think we have a pretty good chance that meteorites would make it to the ground," he said.

The odds of fragments hitting the ground depend on how fast the meteor was travelling - a relatively slow moving fireball would make it more likely that some meteorites may be found.

"It would not surprise me if meteorites are found," Brown said.

Taken in Port Hope, ON at 4:20 pm. Looked like meteor exploding. Heard BOOM. Then rumble. Ground shook #meteor http://t.co/RQfZ7r55Do -
DC-Photography (@DCPhotographyON) May 05, 2014

Huge cloud of smoke from meteor ! Oshawa/Courtice http://t.co/YuPdYCrz9M -
stephanie lupton (@Slupton89) May 04, 2014

#meteor, #Peterborough http://t.co/bG1nLrU8ct -
Lawrence (@lhaddlesey) May 04, 2014

Here's the photo of the #meteor contrail over GTA and Durham! Saw this from Whitby.... Seeing this made my day http://t.co/gINzrFeMc9 -
Veronica (@iVeronica) May 04, 2014

@13WHAM All I have is smoke trail of the #ROC #Meteor http://t.co/r5xI9pE7TI -
Jesse Jordan (@jessejordan06) May 04, 2014

@13WHAM from the meteor I saw in Greece ny http://t.co/D2b4a2pFg4 -
justin muench (@JustinTiim3) May 04, 2014

Note the small circular cloud. It's well high up. That my friends was a meteorite methinks http://t.co/DdMbYS6C6y -
Rich Wigmore (@Ricwi) May 04, 2014

Source: Canadian Press

- National Post.


People across Western New York and Ontario Canada reported seeing an extremely bright daylight fireball.

Several people caught images of the bright object appearing to explode on dashboard cameras in their cars.

It happened Sunday at about 4:16 p.m. and people said the object had a brightness rivaling the sun.

A purported meteor falls vertically (centre or image) in a video taken on Ingram Drive in North York,
Ont and posted to YouTube on Sunday in Sunday May 4, 2014.
The Canadian Press/YouTube, Sam Singh

The American Meteor Society is investigating the incident.

People also reported hearing a loud boom. No impact zone has been located so its unclear if any part of the object made it all the way down to the Earth's surface.

This incident came a day before the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. NASA says the annual springtime event happens as the earth passes through the debris trail from Halley's Comet. It takes place May 5 and 6th. - MYFOXNY.

FIRE IN THE SKY: "Raging Fireballs" - Ontario Residents Asked To Check Their Backyard For Space Rocks After Meteorite Crashes Down Near St. Thomas!

March 22, 2014 - CANADA - University researchers say at least one chunk of a meteorite may have landed in southwestern Ontario this week - and more rocks may also be waiting to be found.

The space event near St. Thomas captured by Western University.
Western University, the Physics and Astronomy Department

Astronomers from Western University are asking people to check their properties for any remnants of the basketball-sized meteor they say likely came down near St. Thomas, Ont.

In Canada, landowners who find a meteorite on their property own it - but the researchers say they'd love to have a look at what they call a "Rosetta Stone" of scientific information.

Peter Brown, who specializes in the study of meteors and meteorites, says a "fairly bright" fireball was detected March 18 by Western's network of all-sky cameras as it passed over southern Ontario.

Researcher Phil McCausland says any pieces will likely be the size of a golf ball or a baseball and probably came down somewhere to the north or west of St. Thomas.

He says if any such rock is to be found, it's likely a member of the public will find it and the researchers are urging those who do find something to contact the university.

Brown says the fireball lasted for about five seconds before going dark and was seen by lots of people, particularly in the Toronto area, where it was clear that night.

"Based on all the video records we know that at least one and maybe more rocks survived the passage of this object through the atmosphere," said Brown.

Someone nearby where the rocks fell might have heard a whistling sound or a thud, he said.

It's the first significant meteorite fall in southern Ontario in about five years, Brown said, adding meteorites usually fall into lakes rather than on the ground where they can be found. - National Post.

ICE AGE NOW: Monumental Ice, Snow Storm Hits Central And Atlantic Canada - Toronto Hydro CEO Calls Situation "Highest Level Of Emergency"; Over 600,000 Without Power In Ontario And Toronto; Outages Could Last Until Christmas!

December 22, 2013 - CANADA - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says the province is prepared to offer "our full support and our assistance" to municipalities pounded by a winter storm, causing extensive delays on the road and in the air in Central and Atlantic Canada, and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, possibly until Christmas Day.

A snowplow clears the way for cars on a downtown Montreal street. (Radio-Canada)

"I want to assure everyone living in these areas that all available resources are working to keep you and your families safe and to restore power as quickly as possible," Wynne said Sunday afternoon.

Southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes are all affected by the massive weather system, which is coating much of the landscape in ice.

The storm, which stretches from southern Ontario to the Atlantic Coast, is suspected to have played some factor in four fatal highway accidents in Quebec Friday to Saturday, and another in Ontario. The freezing rain warnings have been lifted in some areas including Toronto, but warnings still stretch from Belleville, Ont., all the way to the Atlantic Coast.

Wynne said she'd reached out to the mayors across the province to offer any support that is needed.

"Emergency Management Ontario has been in contact with affected municipalities and will remain in contact on a regular basis," Wynne said. "If communities need help, we will mobilize necessary ministries to provide it."

Toronto police closed a one kilometre stretch of Bay Street, in the heart of the financial district, due to ice falling from buildings.

The CIBC building was taped off, and police cars were parked outside the Deloitte office as well as the Toronto-Dominion Centre.

Mayor Rob Ford said earlier that Toronto is not in state of emergency but it's a possibility in the next 24 hours.


WATCH: Ice, snow storm hits Central and Atlantic Canada.

"We're not in that situation quite yet," Ford said Sunday afternoon, calling it "one of the worst storms in Toronto history."

 Wynne said she spoke with Toronto Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly. The city had asked for assistance with tree removal as well as Ontario Provincial Police support at the on and off ramps of Highway 401.
Dark Christmas?

Outages affecting an estimated 380,000 hydro customers were reported in Ontario, including 264,000 in the Greater Toronto Area, as ice-coated tree branches snapped, pulling down power lines.

Ford said the city's top priority is restoring power to two hospitals, Sunnybrook and Toronto East General.

"We must take care of that first and foremost," he said.

Toronto Hydro CEO Anthony Haines said he considers it the "highest level of emergency" at the utility.

There are more than 90 "large-scale outages" throughout the city and it could take up to 72 hours to get everyone reconnected, the utility said in a series of tweets.

Haines said the top priority is restoring power to the two hospitals and the city's water system, all of which are running on back-up power. Crews will then focus on outages that are affecting a large number of customers before moving on to smaller outages.

Freezing rain warning over in Toronto, but warnings stretch from Ontario to Atlantic Coast.

Big branch down in front of a west Saint John home. Neighbour said he heard a loud crack as it went.
(Matt Bingley/CBC)

A single vehicle is off the road along Highway 101. No injuries. Road conditions deteriorating.
(Paul Palmeter/CBC)

Haines said it was difficult to pinpoint when power might be restored because the storm is still happening.

He said it's largely the middle of the city that is affected in a line that runs from Etobicoke to Scarborough.

Normally Toronto Hydro would ask for help from neighbouring utilities but they're all dealing with similar circumstances, Haines said.

The number of outages may rise as winds pick up mid-morning.
No streetcar service

Hour-long delays were reported Sunday along some GO Transit bus routes, subways were skipping some stations and all streetcar service in Toronto is suspended. Provincial police are strongly advising people not to drive unless it's absolutely necessary.

There were also reports of a Via Rail train stopped in Acton, Ont., that was scheduled to travel between Sarnia and Toronto. Approximately 400 passengers waited for buses to take them the remainder of their journey.

The weather also forced the closure of the Ontario Science Centre.

Hydro Quebec says about 45,000 customers are without power, mainly in the Estrie and Monteregie regions. There are about 1,500 customers affected in Montreal.

NB Power reports 3,800 customers without electricity, with more than 3,600 in St. Stephen.

CBC reporter Sherry Aske said from Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa that there were substantial cancellations and delays in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. There are also delays and cancellations at the airports in Saint John, N.B., and St. John's, N.L.

A car travelling on Highway 40 near Anjou, Q.C., nearly ripped in two after a collision. No deaths
were reported in this crash. (Radio-Canada)

Snow was falling heavily on the roads in St. John's, Nlfd., on Saturday morning. (Anthony Germain/CBC)

CBC Meteorologist Jay Scotland commented on Twitter that Whitby, Ont., looked like a skating rink on Saturday.
(Jay Scotland/CBC)

"Basically no matter where you are in the [eastern half of the] country right now, if you’re travelling between Canadian cities there’s a very good chance you’re going to have some headaches this morning," she said.
Shorter runway

Aske said scheduled flights from Montreal and Toronto couldn't arrive in Ottawa Saturday night, causing a backlog on Sunday. The weather also means the usable part of the runway is shorter, forcing the airline to bump passengers from planes that are required to be lighter for safe takeoff.

Passengers are being advised to check their flights before heading to the airport.

CBC meteorologist Janine Baijnath said the storm is so large that the type of precipitation varies widely. Environment Canada's warnings include freezing rain, snowfall, rainfall and winter storm, depending on the area.

In Montreal, where there is a winter storm warning in effect, CBC reporter Mathieu Dion said Highway 40 was little used Sunday morning, and vehicles on it were moving slowly.

"The road conditions are really terrible right now," he said. - CBC.

INFRASTRUCTURE & SOCIETAL COLLAPSE: Canada Plane Crash - 5 Die In Regional Airliner In Ontario; 2 Escape Burning Plane!

November 11, 2013 - CANADA - Five people are dead after a Bearskin Airlines plane crashed on approach to the Red Lake airport in northwestern Ontario and burst into flames.

It's not yet known what caused the fatal plane crash in Red Lake Sunday night. Environment Canada records
show that at 6 p.m. Sunday there was light snow and a northwest wind blowing at 26 km per hour,
with gusts up to 41km per hour. (flightaware.com)

Two people survived the crash of the twin-engine turboprop about 500 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, just after 7:30 p.m. local time Sunday, Ontario Provincial Police said.

The two pilots were among those killed, said Sgt. Rob McDonough at the provincial police communications centre in Thunder Bay — a 25-year-old from Mississauga and a 34-year old from Winnipeg. The three passengers killed include a 53-year-old woman, a 53-year-old male, and a 64-year-old female, all of whom hail from Red Lake. They were located within the wreckage. The identities of the deceased have not yet been confirmed.

Provincial police issued a release early Monday, saying the names of the deceased would be released after their next of kin were notified.

The survivors were identified as a 29-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman, both from Winnipeg.

"The one male was actually the one that called us to report the crash. He was able to pull the woman out of the wreckage prior to it becoming fully engulfed in flames," McDonough said.

The two were taken by ambulance to hospital. McDonough said they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. He noted the man was able to walk to the ambulance, while the woman appeared to have suffered a back injury.

Plane 'destroyed by flames'

The plane had taken off from Sioux Lookout, Ont., on a flight to Red Lake, 270 kilometres north of Kenora, and about 100 kilometres east of the Manitoba boundary.

McDonough said the 19-passenger aircraft knocked down some Hydro lines during the crash.

"The plane was totally destroyed by the flames," he said. "Upon impact, it burst into flames and then set bush around it on fire as well."

A local fire crew quickly doused the flames in both the plane and the woods, he added.

There's no word yet on the cause of the crash, but McDonough said Transportation Safety Board investigators from Winnipeg were expected to arrive at the site Monday afternoon.

Once they arrive at the site, investigators will examine "all aspects of the aircraft," including the structure, controls, engines, propeller and landing gear, to see if "any of it could be related to the accident that happened," said TSB spokesman Peter Hildebrand.

There were light clouds and moderate winds out of the northwest around the time of the crash, as well as some snow showers, "but not anything severe in terms of this time of year," he said.

Ron Hell, director of marketing and sales for Bearskin Airlines,
on Sunday's plane crash: 'Our thoughts, and our prayers and
our condolences go out to all the families involved.'
(Nicole Ireland/CBC)

Terry Harapiak, owner of the Esso station in Red Lake, said that right around the time of the crash, the weather turned ugly, with flurries and strong winds.

Bearskin offers condolences

Bearskin Airlines is based in Sioux Lookout and has operated since 1963, employing 300 in Ontario and Manitoba.

Ron Hell, director of marketing and sales for Bearskin, said they are still confirming details of the crash and expect to release more information later.

"At this time our thoughts, and our prayers and our condolences go out to all the families involved and we just ask everyone to also give your thoughts and prayers to those involved," he said.

He added that all Bearskin flights will be operating as scheduled Monday. Bearskin's fleet of 16 Metro Fairchild planes serve 18 destinations in the two provinces.

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt expressed her condolences on Twitter.

"My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the tragic air accident near Red Lake last evening. Thank you to first responders," she wrote.

In May 1995, a Bearskin aircraft collided with a Piper Navajo near the Sioux Lookout airport, killing all eight people aboard the two planes. - CBC.

MASS BEES DIE-OFF: Global Food Crisis - 20 MILLION Bees Have Died Mysteriously So Far This Year In Ontario And Quebec, Canada; 37 MILLION Last Year!

November 03, 2013 - CANADA - Tens of millions of bees are dead and more are dying every year, but beekeepers are still waiting for action on what they believe is the cause.

According to Saugeen County honey farmer Dave Schuit, “We need to wake up!”

Schuit blames a coating used on corn and soybean seeds containing neonicotinoids.

Neonicotinoids are supposed to kill pests that feed on the crops, but Schuit and several other beekeepers in Ontario say the coating is killing their bees.

A Health Canada study of the massive dieoffs at nearly 4,000 beehives in Ontario and Quebec showed that in 80 per cent of the dead bees there was a detectable neonicotinoid residue.

But the head of the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture remains skeptical.

Patrick Jileson says “These [neonicotinoids] have been studied. They were approved by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. It’s nice to see them studied it again.”


WATCH: Beekeepers says government agencies aren't acting on apparent cause of bee deaths. 

Health Canada’s pesticide regulatory body says the current used of neonicotinoids “isn’t sustainable” and are soliciting ideas from beekeepers and crop farmers until December 12.

Schuit says there’s no more time for studies and he wants an all-out ban now. - CTV News.