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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70275284

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51157053

A climber in British Columbia was rescued by helicopter after being stung more than 100 times by wasps in backcountry north of Vancouver.

Lions Bay Search and Rescue says in a social media post on Tuesday that the female climber was on Redoubt Wall near Loggers Creek when she encountered the insects.

Lions Bay Search and Rescue says they requested a helicopter extraction by North Shore Rescue as it was clear the climber would not be able to hike out.

Rescuers were dropped to the site to help airlift the climber through heavy tree canopy, and they were transferred to BC Emergency Health Services for care.

Did something happen with it recently? I ask because of this post/meme: https://lemmy.ca/post/69868615

View it here: https://weather.gc.ca/?layers=lightning

The alert:

9:57 PM PDT Saturday 22 August 2026

Impact Level: Moderate

Forecast Confidence: High

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain.

When thunder roars, go indoors! Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year.

Heavy rain can cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility.

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging hail, wind or rain.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #BCStorm.

In effect for:

• Metro Vancouver - central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50956626

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This is my exact concern, patients will feel compelled to say they consent even if they do not, whether it is because of politeness or deferring to authority

When Rebecca Green arrived for her first appointment with a urologist, she was asked whether she consented to having the appointment transcribed by artificial intelligence (AI).

She said yes without hesitation.

"I don't want to be in her bad books or be that annoying patient who takes up more of her time," she said.

A “anti-hail cannon” could be a Canadian first, as a Quebec apple orchard says the device could protect its crops from icy weather.

The cannon has been deployed at Verger des Bois-Francs southeast of Montreal by Maxime Brie. Hail has long been an agriculture producer nightmare as it can bring significant crop damage.

Anti-hail cannons aren’t a new invention for farming, having originated in Europe but are now manufactured in various countries such as New Zealand and Germany.

The Spanish-made one used by Brie is one that he claims has never been used in Canada before. The device cost them $160,000.

They work by causing controlled explosions near the base that then blast shockwaves into the air, which turn hail into harmless water.

By being connected to a weather station run by SPAG, with meteorologists monitoring conditions at all times from a facility in Brazil, it allows the device to better respond to storms.

During the same period over the previous 10 years, Louisiana reported an average of seven cases and one death. All nine cases reported this year were associated with wounds exposed to seawater, and all patients had underlying health conditions,” the LDH said.

Vibrio bacteria occur naturally in warm coastal waters and are found in higher numbers from May to October, when water temperatures are warmer, according to the LDH.

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