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Canadian Environment and Climate

It is only mid-April and already Canada has recorded the first tornado of the year.

Environment and Climate Change Canada confirm the twister was spotted at around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2025, about 10 km north of Rolling Hills which is a farming community of 270 people located about a two hour drive southeast of Calgary.

Darby Lester told Global News that she was working in a field near her home when she saw something unusual and pulled out her phone.

“My husband was doing some field work and I was moving the pivot (irrigation equipment) out of his way and there were some dark clouds to the north, but nothing that was really cause for concern — and the next thing I knew I looked up at the sky and there was a tornado in April.”

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Lester said what initially caught her eye was the swirling dust.

“I would …

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