Vancouver Island: Record-low temperatures keep shelter workers busy

Nanaimo residents shivered on Friday morning as an Arctic front hit East Vancouver Island hard.

The mercury hit an all-time low for Feb. 25 overnight Thursday as temperatures fell to -10.2 C, said Lisa Caldwell of Environment Canada.

The previous record was -8.3 C in 1962.

South Dakota: Friday morning sets record low temperature

An early Friday morning temperature at Rapid City Regional Airport broke the record low for Feb. 25 by three degrees, according to Jeff Johnson, meteorologist at Rapid City's National Weather Service office.

Keneally, O'Farrell trade blows over carbon tax - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Ms Keneally spent the morning trying to discredit Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell, who is opposed to the proposed new carbon tax.

She called him a climate change denier.