Take action to protect yourself and others – extreme heat can affect everyone’s health. Determine if you or others around you are at greater risk of heat illness. Check on older adults, those living alone and other at-risk people in-person or on the phone multiple times a day.
Watch for the early signs of heat exhaustion in yourself and others. Signs may include headache, nausea, dizziness, thirst, dark urine and intense fatigue. Stop your activity and drink water.
Heat stroke is a medical emergency! Call 9-1-1 or your emergency health provider if you, or someone around you, is showing signs of heat stroke which can include red and hot skin, dizziness, nausea, confusion and change in consciousness. While you wait for medical attention, try to cool the person by moving them to a cool place, removing extra clothing, applying cold water or ice packs around the body.
Drink water often and before you feel thirsty to replace fluids.
Close blinds, or shades and open windows if outside is cooler than inside.
Turn on air conditioning, use a fan, or move to a cooler area of your living space. If your living space is hot, move to a cool public space such as a cooling centre, community centre, library or shaded park.
Follow the advice of your region’s public health authority.
Plan and schedule outdoor activities during the coolest parts of the day.
Limit direct exposure to the sun and heat. Wear lightweight, light-coloured, loose-fitting clothing and a wide-brimmed hat.
Never leave people, especially children, or pets inside a parked vehicle. Check the vehicle before locking to make sure no one is left behind.
Humidex values reaching 40 are expected for the next 2 days.
A heat event continues this weekend.
What:
Daytime highs of 31 to 33 degrees Celsius and a humidex of 40.
Overnight lows of 21 to 25 degrees Celsius, providing little relief from the heat.
When:
Continuing to Sunday, coming to an end Sunday night.
Additional information:
Hot and humid air can also bring deteriorating air quality and result in the Air Quality Health Index approaching the high risk category.
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For more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/climate-change-health/extreme-heat/how-protect-yourself.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/climate-change-health/extreme-heat/who-is-at-risk.html
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #ONStorm.
A number of food recalls have been issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently.
Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have issued recall notices and advisories for a variety of food and consumer products recently.
Food recalls issued this week include anchovy fillets. Product recalls issued this week include kids sleeping bags, chain saws and pole saws.
Health product recalls were also issued for drugs and supplements.Â
The recalled Vicente Marino anchovy fillets in olive oil come in 80- and 42-gram sizes.
Food recall for anchovy fillets
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Vincente Marino branded anchovy fillets sold in Ontario and other provinces have been due to histamine levels.
The recalled anchovies, packed in olive oil, come in 80- and 42-gram sizes. They should be thrown out or returned to the location they were purchased, according to a posted by the CFIA on July 3.
Some packages of sold in Canada are being recalled after test results showed possible listeria contamination.
The CFIA issued a for unbranded and Peeters Mushroom Farm brand Sliced Mushrooms.
The recalled products include a non-branded thin- and thick-sliced mushrooms in a 2.27-kilogram container, and sliced mushrooms and cremini sliced mushrooms in 227-gram packages.
Food recall for Mount Becher Buffalo Medium Cheese
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A CFIA has recalled a variety of cheese sold in Ontario and other provinces due to listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can naturally exist in soil, plants, decaying vegetables, sewage and untreated water.
The manufactured by Natural Pastures Cheese Company is impacted. Consumers should not use, sell or serve the impacted product, according to the from June 24.
Health Canada has issued recall notices for electric corded chainsaws and pole saws, citing a laceration hazard posed by a faulty switch.
A issued July 3 notes 3,028 units of the affected products were sold in Canada and 49,000 were sold in the United States. The affected products were sold from September 2024 to March 2025.
The recalled products were sold through Amazon and possibly through other retailers.
Health Canada issued a nationwide for a variety of sold at Recreation Outfitters Inc. (ROI), citing a potential suffocation hazard.
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Under certain circumstances, according to the June 30 recall notice for Deuter Micro Star children’s sleeping bags, a child could slide fully into the sleeping bag, posing a suffocation hazard.
As of June 24, the company hasn’t received any reports of injuries or incidents in Canada.
A was issued for specific lots of protein powder sold at Costco Wholesale. Certain lots of may contain a small piece of food-grade packaging that became dislodged during production. Customers are advised to return the product to a Costco warehouse for a refund.
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