{"id":25958,"date":"2017-09-22T05:52:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T10:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25958"},"modified":"2017-09-22T05:52:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T10:52:17","slug":"late-summer-heat-wave-causing-problems-for-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25958","title":{"rendered":"Late summer heat wave causing problems for Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/news\/articles\/heat-wave-ontario-quebec-landlords-turn-heat-on-toronto-apartment-buildings-bylaw-runners-health-montreal-marathon-cancelled\/86513\/\">Late summer heat wave causing problems for Canadians<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"news_video_id\">\n<div id=\"video_player_news\" class=\"videoplayer\" data-player-param=\"{&quot;videoDivId&quot;:&quot;pelmVideoNews&quot;,&quot;isMobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;publisherId&quot;:&quot;1942203455001&quot;,&quot;playerId&quot;:&quot;NJbIeMjKg&quot;,&quot;playlistId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;5582150984001&quot;,&quot;adCategory&quot;:&quot;\/19849159\/web-theweathernetwork.com\/news&quot;,&quot;adParams&quot;:&quot;newscat%3Dactive_wx,other,ca,canada%26test%3Dfalse%26videoid%3D5582150984001%26newsid%3D86513%26platform%3DWebSite%26aam=861000,success1,success2,1154426,1209342,922853,1741921,1376620,2049405,3251075,4221802,4473657,4504294,4504297,4504297%26aamId%3D26724035955835715902866680424143243536&quot;,&quot;position&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;shortDescription&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;longDescription&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}}\">\n<div id=\"currentvideo\" class=\"currentvideo pelm-video-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"pelmVideoNews\" class=\"video-js pelm-video vjs-controls-enabled vjs-workinghover vjs-v6 bc-player-NJbIeMjKg_default bc-player-NJbIeMjKg_default-index-0 vjs-mouse vjs-dock vjs-ima3-autoplay vjs-ima3-html5 vjs-contextmenu vjs-contextmenu-ui vjs-player-info vjs-errors vjs-plugins-ready vjs-ad-controls vjs-has-started vjs-paused not-hover vjs-user-inactive\" lang=\"en-ca\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"region\" data-embed=\"default\" data-player=\"NJbIeMjKg\" data-account=\"1942203455001\" data-video-id=\"5582150984001\" aria-label=\"Video Player\"><video id=\"pelmVideoNews_html5_api\" class=\"vjs-tech\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.brightcove.com\/services\/mobile\/streaming\/index\/master.m3u8?videoId=5582150984001&amp;pubId=1942203455001&amp;secure=true\" preload=\"auto\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-video-id=\"5582150984001\" data-account=\"1942203455001\" data-player=\"NJbIeMjKg\" data-embed=\"default\" aria-labelledby=\"vjs-dock-title-1\" aria-describedby=\"vjs-dock-description-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-dock-text\">\n<div id=\"vjs-dock-title-1\" class=\"vjs-dock-title\" title=\"\">Heat flows into eastern Canada<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dont-miss\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix middle-share-links\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"excerpt\"><span class=\"time\">Thursday, September 21, 2017, 7:57 PM &#8211;<\/span> While fall starts on Friday, the eastern half of the country has been greeted with summer-like heat, and it&#8217;s causing problems for Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>The toasty weekend forecast was enough for organizers of the Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Oasis Montreal Marathon to cancel Sunday&#8217;s full marathon. The announcement was made on Wednesday after officials realized Sunday&#8217;s daytime high was not going to drop.<\/p>\n<p>The seasonal average this time of year for Montreal typically sits around the 17 <sup>o<\/sup>C mark, but Sunday will feel closer to 37 with the humidity, all courtesy of a dominate ridge of high pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s real danger for participants, especially on the marathon side, after five, six hours of running,&#8221; Louis Malafarina, executive director of the race told CBC.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 5,000 people were signed up for the event, and it&#8217;s the first time in 27 years that organizers were forced to cancel, the news agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>When the humidex reads over 28, the risk of heat-related illness rises significantly, Dr. Fran\u00e7ois de Champlain, trauma team leader at the Montreal General Hospital told CBC.<\/p>\n<p>According to de Champlain, over 1,000 runners visited the medical tent at the finish line in 2014 due to extreme heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor forces himself to sit in a hot car for science, watch what happened<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"embed_source\"><center><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1942203455001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=5513573298001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Participants signed up for the full marathon can still run the half on Sunday. In order to skip the peak of the heat, half-marathon runners are scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m., an hour earlier than usual. Runners will be given three hours to complete the race, CBC reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, some tenants living in apartment buildings in Toronto say despite the unseasonably warm weather, landlords are turning on the heat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late summer heat wave causing problems for Canadians Heat flows into eastern Canada Thursday, September 21, 2017, 7:57 PM &#8211; While fall starts on Friday, the eastern half of the country has been greeted with summer-like heat, and it&#8217;s causing problems for Canadians. 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