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2009 North American Christmas blizzard; February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard; February 25–27, 2010 North American blizzard; December 2010 North American blizzard; January 25–27, 2011 North American blizzard; 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard; Late December 2012 North American storm complex; February 2013 North American blizzard
The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
Canada 98 (later Canada 99 then Canada 100 in each successive debut year) is a Canadian centennial documentary television series presented by CBC Television. The series debuted on November 25, 1964, to showcase Canada's nature . the series was hosted by J. Frank Willis featuring nine episodes (despite twelve being produced).
In 1947, during a blizzard in Saskatchewan, the company received positive press coverage when army snowmobiles resupplied isolated radio communication towers. [ 10 ] In 1948, the Government of Quebec passed a law requiring all roads to be cleared of snow; Bombardier's sales fell by nearly half in one year.
The Blizzard of 1999 was a strong winter snowstorm which struck the Midwestern United States and portions of central and eastern Canada, hitting hardest in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, southern Ontario, and southern Quebec dumping as much as 60 centimetres (2 ft) of snow in many areas.
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After the war commercial fishing increased in Victoria. To accommodate the increase a CA$ $100,000 Fisherman's Wharf was built near Erie Street, opening 31 March 1948. The 120-metre (390 ft) wharf could moor 60 fish packing ships along six finger float piers. [9]
Cold air outbreaks are characterized by strong upper-level troughs in the atmosphere, with ridges usually located up and downstream. [2] On January 17, 1994, the 500 millibar (mb) height contours showed the low-pressure center was situated near the border of Ontario and Manitoba, just north of Minnesota, with the trough axis stretching down into the Upper Midwest.