Strong winds, heavy snow, and freezing rain continue to batter Canada on Christmas Eve to start the long holiday weekend.
The storm that closed schools, disrupted travel plans, and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes in B.C., Ontario, and Quebec Dec. 23, isn’t going away anytime Saturday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
In its latest weather alerts, the agency said widespread blizzard conditions in Ontario and northern Quebec will persist throughout Saturday. Extreme cold weather will engulf the Prairie Provinces while powerful gusts and heavy rain are set to rattle Atlantic Canada till night as the storm moves eastward….