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Barrie tornado: Barrie tornado prompts calls for hurricane straps to protect homes in severe weather

  BARRIE, ONT. Following the EF2 tornado in the south end of Barrie that left a trail of destruction so damaging it could take years to rebuild, experts are now questioning the strength of Ontario s building code. When it comes to downward forces like the weight of snow on a roof, for example, our code is very good at addressing those downward forces, said Glenn McGillivray, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. In a wind storm, particularly a tornado, that roof wants to get sucked up, and the code doesn t really address those upward sucking forces very well, or at all, and we want to see that changed, McGillvray added.

UC ranks first among colleges and universities in green power usage

Credit: Elena Zhukova/University of California A solar-powered charging station soaks up rays on the UC San Diego campus. Nearly half of the university s electricity was sourced from green power in 2020, vaulting it to the top of the new Environmental Protection Agency Top 30 colleges and universities ranking. The University of California ranks No. 1 among colleges and universities when it comes to green electricity use, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. UC came out on top in the EPA’s Top 30 colleges and universities ranking, issued Monday, July 26. The EPA ranked its green power partners based on the amount of renewable electricity they used over the course of 2020.

Noble Marine Lightning 368 Open at Cookham Reach Sailing Club

Noble Marine Lightning 368 Open at Cookham Reach Sailing Club
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