Summer isn't over yet: Health unit issues heat alert

Summer isn’t over yet. Scorching heat on the first day of September has prompted Grand Erie Public Health to issue a heat alert for Brantford-Brant and Haldimand-Norfolk. A heat alert is issued by the medical officer of health when Environment and Climate Change Canada issues a yellow‑level or higher heat alert for the region, indicating that conditions may pose health risks for some individuals.The high temperature in the Brantford area reached about 30C on Tuesday, feeling like 41