Day: July 26, 2026

If you’ve just received a tornado warning alert on your phone or heard it on the radio, here’s what you need to do right now: get to the lowest floor of a sturdy building, move into an interior room away from windows, and stay there until the warning lifts. A tornado warning means Environment and Climate Change Canada has confirmed a tornado is already happening or will strike within minutes, either through direct sighting or weather radar detection.
This isn’t a drill or a heads-up that conditions look bad. That’s what a tornado watch covers. A warning is the real deal, and southern Alberta sees these alerts…

Montreal’s air quality is currently good, with the Air Quality Health Index sitting at a low-risk level of 3 as of Saturday evening. If you’ve been checking conditions ahead of travel plans or managing health concerns, you can breathe easier knowing the city’s monitoring systems show favorable conditions through the weekend, with only a slight uptick to moderate risk expected Sunday and Monday.
For those of us in southern Alberta familiar with wildfire smoke alerts and the sudden scramble to check air quality apps, Montreal’s situation offers an interesting contrast. The city relies on a coordinated network …