Man found covered in snow with blue fingers taken to hospital for cold exposure
CBC News | Posted: December 16, 2016 12:28 PM | Last Updated: December 16, 2016
City was under extreme cold weather alert when man was found outside
A man was taken to hospital after being found outdoors covered in snow with his fingers turned blue in the early hours of Friday morning.
Paramedics say they responded to a call at 3 a.m. in the Harbord Street and Lippincott Street area, where a man was found out on the street with cold-related and non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the man, who was inebriated, was assessed by paramedics and then 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.