Rainfall elevates river flows and risk of flooding: GRCA

Anticipated rainfall of 20 to 40 mm beginning Tuesday and into Wednesday has prompted flood warning messages for Six Nations and the City of Cambridge. Recent warm weather and rainfall have melted the snowpack, producing extremely high river flows and flooding, while thunderstorms may mean higher amounts of rain in some areas. River flow in the lower Grand River area […]

The uncomfortable truth about hybrid vehicles

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the EV struggle, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.How it startedApologies to the Toyota Prius, but the first hybrid vehicle of note was the Semper Vivus, developed by Ferdinand Porsche (yes, that Porsche) way back in 1900. The Semper Vivus (Latin for “always alive”) used two combustion engines to power generators, which then fed electricity to motors inside the wheel hubs. The fact that it took modern…