A winter storm of rare proportions blanketed much of southern Ontario with heavy snow Monday, causing widespread school closures and travel disruptions, leaving some stuck on a major highway for hours on end.
A large winter storm has hit the Ottawa-Gatineau region, dropping 12 centimetres of snow on Ottawa's main airport in just one hour and swiftly breaking a century-old record.
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