LONDON – Russia’s Gazprom has told customers in Europe it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of ‘extraordinary’ circumstances, according to a letter seen by Reuters, upping the ante in an economic tit-for-tat with the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The July 14 letter from the Russian state gas monopoly said it was retroactively declaring force majeure on supplies dating from June 14. The news comes as Nord Stream 1, the key pipeline delivering Russian gas to Germany and beyond, is undergoing annual maintenance meant to conclude on Thursday. TheRead more

Police east of Toronto say they are expecting to see as many as 1,000 Hells Angels members as the club holds its national motorcycle run this weekend. “We do not want to create panic,” Durham Regional Police Service Deputy Chief Dean Bertrim said at a news conference Monday ahead of the event. “But we have an obligation, and in all fairness, I have a responsibility, to make sure that our community is aware and provided the accurate information.” The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) chapter based in Brooklin, north of Whitby, willRead more

While temperatures may be easing in certain parts of the country, “the warmest part of the summer is yet to come,” a senior climatologist for Environment Canada says. “We think that July and into August will be warmer than normal,” Dave Phillips told CTV News Channel on Monday about recent modelling. “So hey, Canadians who like their summers warm — and it hasn’t been I think memorably warm except just recently — I think we’ll find a warmer than normal summer.”  Sign up for The Climate Barometer, delivered right toRead more

Hot and humid summer temperatures are here, and so are the dangers of heat-related illnesses like heat stroke. “Heat-related illnesses are those illnesses attributable to excess heat on the body causing dysregulation and dysfunction of normal organ systems, and in severe cases, leads to organ failure and death,” Dr. David Ng, an emergency physician in downtown Toronto, told CTVNews.ca. “Severe heat illness leading to organ failure and death is generally uncommon overall, but when it does, it occurs in an epidemic cluster of cases all at once.” High temperatures killedRead more

One of the United Kingdom’s largest airports suspended flights on Monday after high temperatures damaged a runway. Temperatures soared up to 37 degrees Celsius (about 99 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. London Luton Airport announced the situation via Twitter and updated its status when the airport resumed operations on Monday evening. An “essential runway repair” was required “after high surface temperatures caused a small section to lift,” the airport said on Twitter. Full operations resumed just after 6 p.m. in London. Luton Airport’s announcement came hours afterRead more