Record snowfall as Ottawa sees close to 50 cm during major blizzard

A record-breaking snowstorm brought Ottawa to a standstill Monday, closing schools, vaccination clinics and COVID-19 testing sites, cancelling garbage and recycling collection and disrupting air and vehicle travel.

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29 comments

  1. 1:32 yea… that is NOT where you tie your rope/strap to pull a car out of snow! Talk about damaging unsuspecting people’s cars!!!

  2. I love how normal Canadian weather returns and everyone panics and acts like this is some sortive crazy phenomenonπŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

  3. …and so, like USUAL….nothing important will be happening in Ottawa today, just like it hasn’t for the last 2 YEARS.πŸ€”

  4. maybe Ontario should learned from this one if they haven’t learn from the last one -_- is Ontario mandate the wear of winter tires like Quebec?

  5. SUSSY- πŸ”₯𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 π‚π‘πšπ§π§πžπ₯ [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]πŸ”ž says:

    once in a thousands years storm…
    they only happen every few years…

  6. EmilyπŸ”ž 𝐹**БК ΠœΠ• - Π‘ΠΠ•π’žπ’¦ 𝑀𝒴 Π π‘…πŸ’πΉπΌπΏΠ•πŸ’– says:

    My heartfelt thoughts were with all of you on Monday as I rode my motorcycle to work in Victoria BC.

  7. Sarah- πŸ‘ˆπ“•**БК ΠœΠ• - Π‘ΠΠ•π“’π“š π“œπ“¨ Р𝓑0π“•π“˜π“›Π• πŸ’— says:

    All this snow in Canada in mid January is really strange.

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