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Author: Sophia Coppolino
Publication Date: August 10, 2025 - 16:27
In Alberta’s ‘Hailstorm Alley,’ scientists-turned-storm-chasers look into the eye of the storm for answers
August 10, 2025
Nearly every summer now, residents of Alberta and the Prairies are confronted by a costly, extreme weather event that damages homes, dents cars and devastates crops: hail.
But researchers from Western University’s Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory are hoping to improve Canada’s understanding of hailstorms by collecting data in central Alberta for their Northern Hail Project.
Ontario will ban research testing on dogs and cats, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as he called the practice “cruel.”“You aren’t going to use pets – dogs or cats – to experiment on any longer,” Ford said at an unrelated news conference in London, Ont.
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