Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips: "We know the future is warmer and with less snow"

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"We have this reputation. We are known as the Cold White North. But I don't think we're as cold and white as we once were," said Phillips.
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"The lesson for this is if you get one: embrace it, enjoy it because it is something that future generations will have [to] be dreaming a little harder to get," said Phillips. "We know the future is warmer and with less snow."  [Via ML]