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© Jack Boland/QMI AgencyThe City of Toronto has issued an extreme cold weather alert.
If you're living in Ontario, hold on to your long johns. Another extreme cold weather alert is in effect for the Toronto, Niagara and London regions.

During the alert, outreach workers in Toronto will be trying to get homeless people off the streets and into emergency shelters and drop-in centres. TTC tokens will also be available for transportation to shelters.

The alert, issued Friday morning, will be in effect until at least Tuesday.

An alert is called whenever Environment Canada predicts a temperature of minus 15C or lower without wind chill, issues a wind-chill warning or predicts extreme weather conditions such as a blizzard, ice storm or sudden temperature drop.

If you're north of the city, things will be even worse: Environment Canada says parts of northern Ontario could reach lows of up to -50 C.

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