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About 20 centimetres of heavy, wet snow fell on Winnipeg on March 5. Many Winnipeggers took a snow day, spending Monday marvelling at the winter wonderland that appeared overnight.

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About 20 centimetres of heavy, wet snow fell on Winnipeg on March 5. Many Winnipeggers took a snow day, spending Monday marvelling at the winter wonderland that appeared overnight.

Elliott Smith, 4, catches snowflakes on his tongue. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Elliott Smith, 4, catches snowflakes on his tongue. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Jennifer Forster shovels snow after a big storm in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Jennifer Forster shovels snow after a big storm in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Betty Phillips pulls her grandchildren, Mac (left) and Ida May Meacham, down the sidewalk in a sled.
Betty Phillips pulls her grandchildren, Mac (left) and Ida May Meacham, down the sidewalk in a sled.
The Assiniboine River during heavy snowfall. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
The Assiniboine River during heavy snowfall. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
People navigate the snowy conditions after a winter storm in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
People navigate the snowy conditions after a winter storm in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Sydney Cumming, four, gets pulled down the sidewalk in a sled by her dad, Andy Cumming, in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Sydney Cumming, four, gets pulled down the sidewalk in a sled by her dad, Andy Cumming, in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Plows struggle to keep up with the snow in Winnipeg, (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Plows struggle to keep up with the snow in Winnipeg, (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Kim Barrow, with yellow push shovel, is happy that her neighbour on Cormorant Bay, Bob Yamashita, has a gas powered snowblower. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Kim Barrow, with yellow push shovel, is happy that her neighbour on Cormorant Bay, Bob Yamashita, has a gas powered snowblower. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Emma Alexander walks down a snowy sidewalk in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Emma Alexander walks down a snowy sidewalk in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
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