CANADA TRANSPORT FEATURE PACKAGE CANADA’S ROADS KEEP MOVING DESPITE HARSH WINTERS
June 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON
WINTER is a dangerous time for Canadian drivers. Sleet, hail, snow and ice are threats from November to late March, depending on the region. Parts of the east coast province of Newfoundland experience an average 4.43 metres (14ft 6ins) of winter snowfall. Northerly Yellowknife, capital of Northwest Territories, has an average winter temperature of minus 28.9 degrees Celsius.
Alberta's provincial capital Edmonton last year experienced some of the heaviest snow in two decades. Up to 30 cm (1ft) fell in only three days as snow and ice ...
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