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Canada's Top Ten Weather Stories For 2008

Saint John River FloodCanadians might remember 2008 as the year that was too wet, too snowy or just too cold. From one of the rainiest summers on record in the east to continuing Arctic sea ice melt to extreme cold in central Canada, check out the weather events that made the Top Ten list for 2008.

Canada at Conference of the Parties (COP 14), Poznan, Poland, December 1-12, 2008

The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment at a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon while attending the high-level ministerial segment of the UN Climate Change Conference.The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment at a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon while attending the high-level ministerial segment of the UN Climate Change Conference. From December 1-12, 2008, nearly 8,000 participants from more than 190 countries met in Poznan, Poland for the United Nations 14th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 14).

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