Name: Icy weather, whiteouts make for travel mess in Eastern Canada
Uploaded: 2025-12-30T05:31:05.020Z
Duration: 2 min 46 s
Description: A winter storm is working its way across Ontario and Quebec before bearing down on the East Coast, bringing with it a mix of rain, snow and ice and leaving many travellers in limbo after flight cancellations.

A winter storm is working its way across Ontario and Quebec before bearing down on the East Coast, bringing with it a mix of rain, snow and ice and leaving many travellers in limbo after flight cancellations.

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A powerful winter storm swept across Ontario and Quebec, bringing snow, ice pellets, and heavy winds that led to hazardous travel conditions and whiteouts. Police and emergency services responded to numerous incidents, including multi-vehicle crashes and a fire truck sliding off the road, while airports experienced significant delays and cancellations, leaving many travelers stranded.

Environment Canada warned that the storm would be followed by a cold air mass, likely worsening conditions as the system moves toward the Maritimes. Freezing rain warnings have been issued for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, with some areas expected to receive up to 20 centimeters of snow.

Icy weather, whiteouts make for travel mess in Eastern Canada

As wind whips snow and ice pellets through the air a plea from Ontario Provincial Police at a multi-vehicle crash southwest of Toronto. Please if you do not need to be travelling in this area do not put on the boots. A winter storm is working its way across Ontario and Quebec before bearing down on the east coast bringing an ugly mix of rain, snow and ice with it. Heavy winds are making things difficult too. Icy conditions, patches, whiteout conditions and our officers are dispatched left, right and centre. There's no visibility. You're driving and all of a sudden it's whiteout conditions. Northern Ontario was also hit hard. I grew up here my whole life and I've maybe seen a storm once or twice like this. Travel was treacherous, even for emergency vehicles. This fire truck went off the road near Mirabel, Quebec while responding to a call. When these big systems come, I guess misery loves company and so we all have to deal with something unfortunately. For holiday travellers that meant being stuck in limbo. Delays and cancellations at airports left many grounded. Some overnight. I've already lost one day's pay because I'm supposed to be back to work and I'm stranded here. Yeah, we were very concerned about the weather. One man says he spent six hours on the tarmac in Montreal. I just have to sit, sit and wait and I'm trying to get home to see my mom. She's in the hospital, she's had a stroke. In Ottawa, residents spent the day scraping and stocking up. Just trying to get all of the ice off this sucker. Ran out of salt, not enough for the driveway. Winters just started but some say they've already had enough. Who would just want to be in the middle of the freezer? Living in the freezer, right? While others like these skaters in Kitchener-Waterloo tried to make the best of it. Environment Canada says there's plenty more to come. The weather is not over because behind it there's also cold air mass waiting just to freeze everything over. Environment Canada says with so many places dealing with a variety of bad weather it's impossible to say who's getting the worst of it right now. That's something we might not know until this is all over. Adrienne. And it's not over yet. So Dan, as I understand it that storm is now heading to parts of the Maritimes next. Yeah, that's right. There are freezing rain warnings for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island. Although that may turn to just regular rainfall overnight. It really depends on where you are in the Maritimes. For example, northern New Brunswick near the Quebec border. They're being told to expect up to 20 centimetres of snow. All right, thank you. Thanks. That's Dan Takama in Ottawa tonight.

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