While many areas across the country saw their first snow of the season heading into the long Thanksgiving weekend, we’re tracking Canada’s first blizzard warning of the year across one critical highway.
The days-long spell of blowing snow and frigid temperatures are bad enough for travellers, but it adds insult to injury that the blizzard warning is too far away from comfortable temperatures in the mid-teens.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a blizzard warning for the Dempster Highway this weekend, warning travellers on this major northern thoroughfare of dangerous travel conditions at times through early Tuesday morning.
“Travel is expected to be extremely hazardous due to reduced visibility,” ECCC said in its warning. “Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow.”
Some areas could see more than 15 cm of snow by Tuesday, with blowing and drifting likely in many locations.