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After a relatively warm winter so far, southern Manitoba is about to get hit hard by a polar vortex. Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Stammers told 680 CJOB’s The Start that the truly bone-chilling temperatures are only a few days away. “I’m unfortunately not going to be making too many friends over …

Here is a list of school bus cancellations and the status of schools in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. York Region District School Board:  Buses are cancelled. Schools are open. York Region Catholic District School Board: Buses are cancelled. Schools are open. Durham District School Board: Buses are cancelled …

It’s not called Mani-snow-ba or Winter-peg for nothing – winter is a fact of life in Manitoba and the normally cold season is the basis for many outdoor activities. The weather doesn’t always cooperate though. The snowmobiling scene in Manitoba looks quite different in some areas of the province than …

Sunday’s balmy weather was welcome news to Winnipeggers as they enjoyed being outside skating, skiing and sledding. It was a welcome change from last year’s winter, which had people shovelling their way out from a near-record snowfall. “With the cold bug that we had last year, it’s actually great to …

In Europe, global warming has been a mixed blessing this winter. Fears of a massive energy crunch leaving millions of homes in the dark have largely dissipated, at least for now. The European Union’s reserves of natural gas are at least 83 per cent full, and gas prices are a …

A winter storm has closed several schools, cancelled flights and made for a difficult commute on roads across the southern half of Quebec on Friday morning. A number of school boards, including the Eastern Townships and Central Quebec school boards, have shut down for the day due to the weather. …

Southern Manitobans have been treated to beautiful scenes since the weekend as hoar frost turned the outdoors into a winter wonderland. Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips compares the frost to “snowflakes attached together.” “It’s a kind of feathery frost,” he said. “It’s light, it’s picturesque, I mean, it’s a …

2022 in Manitoba began with snow and lots of it. It led to spring flooding across the province and a record-breaking fall. “The all-time yearly precipitation record in Winnipeg was broken in October on October 24,” Environment and Climate Change meteorologist Sara Hoffman said. At that point 739.7 mm had …

Thousands of Quebec households remained without electricity Thursday morning a week after a winter storm descended on the province. As of 10:30 a.m., Hydro-Québec reported that more than 10,000 clients are in the dark, including more than 3,000 in the Quebec City area. Other affected areas include the Laurentians, where …

Thousands of people are without power and numerous crashes have been reported in parts of southern Ontario as the province is hit by a large winter storm. As of around 4 p.m., Hydro One’s outage map showed localized outages throughout the region, with areas north of Peterborough and surrounding the …