Canadian on-air weather personalities shifting tone amid worsening climate change
Jul 26, 2022 | 1:56 PM
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Some Canadian on-air weather personalities say they’ve had to shift their tone and approach in light of worsening climate change.
CTV News’ Vancouver Island weather anchor Warren Dean says he’s changed his approach over the last five years to share a “bigger picture” in his forecasts, explaining why a region is seeing certain conditions and how they could affect people living there.
But he says it’s been difficult getting through to some viewers who choose not to listen to the warnings that weather specialists and meteorologists issue.
CBC meteorologist Colette Kennedy, who has been reporting on the weather since 1995, says she’s “had to get comfortable with negative reporting” as more extreme weather events occur.
