'I’ve never seen anything like it': Spring storm dumps feet of snow for some, little for others
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In a spring snowstorm that essentially paralysed much of southern Manitoba for a couple of days, snowfall amounts varied drastically throughout the province.
In a spring snowstorm that essentially paralysed much of southern Manitoba for a couple of days, snowfall amounts varied drastically throughout the province.
The latest numbers from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), which the weather agency considers final for the days-long storm, shows a high of 82 centimeters of snow falling in Onanole to a low of 13 cm in Miami and Woodlands.
Killarney and Selkirk reported 60 and 45 centimeters of snow respectively with Winnipeg receiving somewhere between 25-35 cm.
Initial forecasts by ECCC predicted snowfalls of 30-50 cm of snow for most areas, with localized snowfalls having the potential to be much higher.
In a video posted to Facebook from Wasagaming on Thursday, located about five kilometers north of Onanole, waist deep snow made getting around the yard a challenge in itself.
The weather forced 30-year veteran long-haul truck driver Gord Havery off the road in Saskatchewan Thursday after leaving Swift Current yesterday. He got as far as Balgonie, about 25 km east of Regina.
London fire crews and police are on scene of a house fire in east London. Crews were called to the 1800 block of Culver Drive, east of Third Street and south of Oxford Street, around 11:30 a.m.
A teen who pleaded guilty in the death of 17-year-old Tyson MacDonald on Prince Edward Island last year has been sentenced to two years in custody.
An additional 160,000 students in Ontario will get access to free meals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a Brampton, Ont. school Friday.
The Liberal government is pulling out the federal wallet to put more money into people's pockets over the holidays, but its recently announced affordability measures create winners and losers.
A jury has found two men guilty on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.
Calgary is under a snowfall warning with total amounts of 15 to 25 centimetres expected.
Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.
An 81-year-old was killed in a dog attack this week in Bonfield, Ont. Police believe three dogs were involved.
An 81-year-old Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to killing his wife with Alzheimer's disease.
Another windstorm is headed to B.C.’s South Coast Friday, though Environment Canada says it will be weaker than the bomb cyclone event earlier this week.
A teen who pleaded guilty in the death of another teen on Prince Edward Island last year will be sentenced Friday.