15.1 Weather Records and Events 15.2 Weather in the News 15.10 Winter Shelters for the Homeless 15.12 El Nino and La Nina 15.13 Career Profile: Paramedic
Find up-to-date information on extreme weather events around the world. Describe the type of information that one site provides.
Canada Online: Extreme Weather Conditions.
National Climatic Data Center, USA: Extreme Weather and Climate Events
National Climatic Data Center, USA: Worldwide Weather Events
Thirty Years after Hurricane Camille - Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost.
Scientific/Technical Reports — Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness in a Changing Climate, Emergency Preparedness Canada
The Meteorological Service of Canada provides information about watches, advisories, and warnings. Why is this resource valuable to the media?
Meteorological Service of Canada
Research how large cities in Canada handle homelessness.
National Coalition for the Homeless (USA)
Homelessness in Canada: From housing to shelters to blankets, Connie Hargrave, Share International
FAQ: Solutions for Canada's Homeless, Raising the Roof
1997 Position Paper on Homelessness and Health, Canadian Public Health Association
City of Toronto: Shelter, Housing and Support Division
Yonge Street Mission — Toronto
Covenant House — Toronto
Corporate Affordable Housing Strategy
Prevention of Homelessness — City of Vancouver
Triage Emergency Services and Care Society, Vancouver, B.C.
Non-Market Housing in Vancouver
The Ottawa Mission
Welcome Hall Mission, Montreal
The Old Brewery Mission, Montreal
Research El Nino and La Nina. Which cycle is the Pacific Ocean in now? What new research is there about the El Nino and La Nina oscillation?
National Climatic Data Center, USA: El Nino
National Weather Service — San Francisco Bay Area El Nino Page
El Nino Theme Page, National Weather Service, USA
Environment Canada — El Nino
Report on the history and the programs offered by the St. John Ambulance organization.
St. John Ambulance Canada