Warmer-than-average summer expected for southern Alberta: ECCC

Summer is just about in full swing with temperatures set to reach over 20 degrees over the next few days, but Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says things may only get hotter from here. Long-term forecasts are predicting southern Alberta and the rest of the prairies will have a warmer-than-average summer. “We certainly do expect a warming. That warming is going to tend to dry out soils, dry out forests as we move into the future,” said Nathan Gillet, a researcher at the C