WINNIPEG Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for parts of southern Manitoba. According to the weather agency, this means “hazardous” conditions are expected as the storm touches down in the province on Tuesday morning. The storm will also bring with it 10 to 25 centimetres of snow, with the heaviest snowfall expected north of the Trans-Canada and Yellowhead Highways. The snowstorm is coming due to a low pressure system tracking along the international border, causing heavy snow, strong winds and blowing snow. Environment Canada said the snow will start in the southwest part of Manitoba and head north and east throughout the day and into Wednesday morning.
WINNIPEG Much of southern Manitoba is now under a winter storm warning, according to Environment Canada. Environment Canada upgraded the winter storm watch to a warning Monday afternoon, noting residents could receive between 10-25 centimetres of snow by Wednesday evening, According to the weather agency, a strong low-pressure system will track along the international border on Tuesday, which will bring snow and blowing snow to southern Manitoba. It added that it expects heavy snow in the southwest part of the province starting on Tuesday morning, which will quickly spread to the east throughout the day and night. Strong northerly winds, with gusts of 70-80 km/h will develop with this system throughout Tuesday into the night. Visibility will be reduced due to blowing snow until Wednesday afternoon.
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Cody Sellar
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Curtis Garson (left) and Richard Dumas give away boxes of pickerel to families in need, at the Canad Inns in Winnipeg on Thursday.
The vehicles were lined up Thursday behind the Canad Inns hotel at Polo Park, and the fish were flying out the door.
The vehicles were lined up Thursday behind the Canad Inns hotel at Polo Park, and the fish were flying out the door.
Volunteers from Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and several other groups scooped up free boxes of filleted pickerel and other freshwater fish to load into waiting trunks, all along playfully teasing each other.
Brandon Sun By: Kyle Darbyson
Volunteers hand out boxes of fish outside of Dakota Ojibway Child & Family Services on Wednesday morning as part of a broader effort to rescue food that cannot be sent to international markets because of COVID-19. (Kyle Darbyson/The Brandon Sun)
Members of Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council spent most of Wednesday handing out free packages of filleted pike, pickerel and whitefish to Indigenous families in Westman, as part of a broader initiative that was started by Fisher River Cree Nation.
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Members of Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council spent most of Wednesday handing out free packages of filleted pike, pickerel and whitefish to Indigenous families in Westman, as part of a broader initiative that was started by Fisher River Cree Nation.