Salwan: Global warming may affect dog's health - Inside Bay Area

Global warming has been blamed for everything from an increase in hurricanes to rising sea levels and polar glacial activity. Could it also be affecting the health and well-being of your dog?

Pensioner froze to death in own home - The Star

A RETIRED cleaner froze to death in his own home during a cold snap - after refusing to take a grant for central heating and turning down other help offered to him by care agencies.
Bryan Jordan, aged 64, stopped using his only heating - a gas fire in the living room - to save money.

But he collapsed a week before Christmas last year during a spell of bitter cold, and doctors found his core body temperature had dropped way below survival level.

Washington state: Farmers Say Early Spring Cold Has Damaged Their Crops

The first day of spring is later this week. But snow and record cold temperatures have many Northwest farmers feeling like it’s the dead of winter.

Around the region growers are trying to save their wheat, cherries and apples from the chilly temperatures. Correspondent Anna King reports.
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Last week many parts of the Northwest had record cold temperatures. That, combined with a harsh winter overall, has cost wheat ranchers some 15 percent of their yields.