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Environment Canada's preliminary analysis indicates that for the nation as a whole the winter of 2009-2010 was the warmest and driest on record (the national analysis uses a database that only goes back to 1948).  The north was especially warm, and the west was especially dry.  The ongoing El Niño event is certainly responsible for some of these anomalies.
Zacharias Kunuk (the director of the amazing film Atanarjuat The Fast Runner) and Ian Mauro are making a documentary about Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change.  For updates and previews check out the fantastic ISUMA TV website.
According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), under the direction of super-climatologist, James Hansen, 2009 was the 2nd warmest year on record (1880-2009).  So, global warming isn't over?  What a shock.
Don't believe the crackpots out there who say that global warming is over, or that it's a good thing!  Get the real story in James Hansen's fantastic book: Storms of My Grandchildren.
Dr. Dave Barber of the University of Manitoba was on Quirks and Quarks on November 28, 2009 to discuss the unusually slushy arctic sea ice conditions he found there recently.  It's a fascinating story; listen to it here.
The Global Carbon Project is a great source for information about the global carbon cycle and how we are changing it.  In particular, check out their collection of presentations and internet links.
From Impacts to Adaptations: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007 is now available online. The report assesses Canada's vulnerability to climate change, and discusses current and future risks and opportunities presented by this change.  Be sure to check out Chapter 7: Prairies.
The Climate Change Connection is a hub for information about climate change in Manitoba.  Its new and improved website is full of information that you need to know, including how you can reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.  Why not subscribe to its free email newsletter?
Nature, one of the world's type science journals, now has a very nice website dedicated to news and reports about climate change.  Check it out.
Looking for images and graphs about climate change?  An excellent resource is the Global Warmng Art webpage.
RealClimate has posted a very nice collection of links that provide the interested reader with the basics on climate change.  Check it out, as well their other great discussions about the science of climate change.
Check out the 19 May 2007 issue of New Scientist!  And be sure to visit www.newscientist.com/climatemyths, where they address many of the myths that keep coming up in the media.
The full IPCC AR4 report (Working Group I: The Physical Basis of Climate Change) is now available online (and hardcopies can be bought online and in some bookstores).  The Summary for Policy Makers of Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (Working Group II) is here.  The Summary for Policy Makers of Mitigation of Climate Change (Working Group III) is also available here.
The DeSmogBlog.com website does a great job exposing the misinformation spread by global warming contrarians.  So too does the Deltoid blog.
The Fifth Estate's investigative documentary on global warming denialists--"The Denial Machine" (aired on November 15 2006) can be watched online.
George Monbiot, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper, and the author of Heat: How To Save the Planet from Burning, provides excellent and thought-provoking perspectives on environmental issues.  Check out his website!
Spencer Weart's book, The Discovery of Global Warming, as an excellent review of the history of climate change science; it's in bookstores, or you can read a longer version of it online.
Some Good Books: