Much of Western Canada, the North and parts of Ontario and Quebec were under extreme cold alerts, winter storm watches or special weather statements Tuesday night.
There is a lot going on across the country right now,” said CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe. “In this case, it’s a combination of Arctic air entrenched in the west and an active storm track for the east.”
Environment Canada posted winter storm watches across parts of Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Metro Vancouver, warning of up to 20 centimetres of snow through Thursday with the added risk of freezing rain in the Fraser Valley.
The latest forecast was in
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