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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 31/03/2017 (2826 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

See ya later, winter. We won’t miss you.

Another Winnipeg winter has come and gone, and, as usual, your Free Press photographers braved the elements to capture the worst of the worst.

So as you patiently wait for the spring thaw to complete its work, enjoy these blisteringly chilly photos and imagine yourself lazing about at your favourite local beach hot spot, sipping a Slurpee.

Cameron Batista (front) and others help push a delivery van stuck on Ellice Avenue on Dec. 6, 2016. (Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Cameron Batista (front) and others help push a delivery van stuck on Ellice Avenue on Dec. 6, 2016. (Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Summer is right around the corner.

Winnipeggers dig out from Christmas Day snowfall. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Winnipeggers dig out from Christmas Day snowfall. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Gilles Laramee clears the sidewalk in front of Colony Commons on Colony Street during the Boxing Day snowstorm. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
Gilles Laramee clears the sidewalk in front of Colony Commons on Colony Street during the Boxing Day snowstorm. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
The statue of the Earl of Dufferin stares out of the pile of snow accumulating on his head on Jan. 10, 2017, after about 10 centimetres of snow fell. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
The statue of the Earl of Dufferin stares out of the pile of snow accumulating on his head on Jan. 10, 2017, after about 10 centimetres of snow fell. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
A pedestrian dashes across Portage Avenue at Maryland Street on Jan. 12, 2017 as high winds cause blowing snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
A pedestrian dashes across Portage Avenue at Maryland Street on Jan. 12, 2017 as high winds cause blowing snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Abandoned vehicles litter Highway 3 on Jan. 12, 2017. (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Abandoned vehicles litter Highway 3 on Jan. 12, 2017. (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press files)
A woman navigates along a snow-filled sidewalk on Portage Avenue near Sherburn Street on Jan. 3, 2017. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
A woman navigates along a snow-filled sidewalk on Portage Avenue near Sherburn Street on Jan. 3, 2017. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
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