Extreme cold weather alert in Toronto
Responding to a call at 3 a.m. paramedics arrived at the Harbord Street and Lippincott Street area and found a man out on the street with cold-related and non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the man was intoxicated.
After being assessed by paramedics, he was transported to hospital.
The city was under an extreme cold weather alert at the time.
The city's medical officer of health issues extreme cold weather alerts when Environment Canada forecasts a temperature of -15 C or colder or a wind chill of -20 or colder.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj, Extreme cold weather image: Wikimedia Commons)
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