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Spring blizzard 2022

Southern Manitoba gets walloped by snow in April

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Avid runner, Blair Kroeker, makes his way across the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge amidst blowing snow. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Avid runner, Blair Kroeker, makes his way across the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge amidst blowing snow. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
A person waits in a graffitied bus stop on Maryland Street, Thursday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
A person waits in a graffitied bus stop on Maryland Street, Thursday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Orion Kohan, 1, helps his dad, Andrew, shovel the sidewalk in front of there house in Fort Rouge, Thursday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Orion Kohan, 1, helps his dad, Andrew, shovel the sidewalk in front of there house in Fort Rouge, Thursday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Florance Smith shovels the front steps of the apartment building she manages on McMillan Avenue on Thursday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press) 220414 - Thursday, April 14, 2022
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Florance Smith shovels the front steps of the apartment building she manages on McMillan Avenue on Thursday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press) 220414 - Thursday, April 14, 2022
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Chase Balan scrapes off his car early Thursday morning as the forecast is for more snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Chase Balan scrapes off his car early Thursday morning as the forecast is for more snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
A lone truck makes it way down Hwy 1 in Headingley toward Winnipeg amidst storm conditions Wednesday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
A lone truck makes it way down Hwy 1 in Headingley toward Winnipeg amidst storm conditions Wednesday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
CP Crystal Acosta (left) gives her friend Chetan Patil (right) a push down the hill on his makeshift toboggan in Winnipeg on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma
CP Crystal Acosta (left) gives her friend Chetan Patil (right) a push down the hill on his makeshift toboggan in Winnipeg on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma
A man makes his way down a street as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. Meteorologists forecast that the late season Colorado Low would drop 40-60 cm of snow on the area. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
A man makes his way down a street as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. Meteorologists forecast that the late season Colorado Low would drop 40-60 cm of snow on the area. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
A man in a wheelchair makes his way along a downtown street as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
A man in a wheelchair makes his way along a downtown street as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
A man shovels out his car as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. Meteorologists forecast that the late season Colorado Low would drop 40-60 cm of snow on the area. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
A man shovels out his car as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. Meteorologists forecast that the late season Colorado Low would drop 40-60 cm of snow on the area. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
CP The Trans Canada highway was closed as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. Meteorologists forecast that the late season Colorado Low would drop 40-60 cm of snow on the area. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
CP The Trans Canada highway was closed as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg. Meteorologists forecast that the late season Colorado Low would drop 40-60 cm of snow on the area. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
A man sweeps snow off of his car parked on Edmonton Street in Winnipeg during a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
A man sweeps snow off of his car parked on Edmonton Street in Winnipeg during a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
A pedestrian makes their way across the windy, snow-filled intersection at Graham Ave and Garry St. in downtown Winnipeg during a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
A pedestrian makes their way across the windy, snow-filled intersection at Graham Ave and Garry St. in downtown Winnipeg during a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
A man boards a bus at a bus stop along Portage Avenue in Winnipeg in the midst of a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
A man boards a bus at a bus stop along Portage Avenue in Winnipeg in the midst of a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
The Golden Boy statue stands tall, but barely visible atop the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg during a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
The Golden Boy statue stands tall, but barely visible atop the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg during a spring snowstorm. (Mike Sudoma / The Canadian Press)
Weary travellers are seeking refuge at the Robins Nest Motel & Cafe, at the corner of highways 1 and 5 north of Carberry. (Courtesy of Robins Nest Motel and Cafe owner Mike Patel)
Weary travellers are seeking refuge at the Robins Nest Motel & Cafe, at the corner of highways 1 and 5 north of Carberry. (Courtesy of Robins Nest Motel and Cafe owner Mike Patel)
Weary travellers are seeking refuge at the Robins Nest Motel & Cafe, at the corner of highways 1 and 5 north of Carberry. (Courtesy of Robins Nest Motel and Cafe owner Mike Patel)
Weary travellers are seeking refuge at the Robins Nest Motel & Cafe, at the corner of highways 1 and 5 north of Carberry. (Courtesy of Robins Nest Motel and Cafe owner Mike Patel)
Weary travellers are seeking refuge at the Robins Nest Motel & Cafe, at the corner of highways 1 and 5 north of Carberry. (Courtesy of Robins Nest Motel and Cafe owner Mike Patel)
Weary travellers are seeking refuge at the Robins Nest Motel & Cafe, at the corner of highways 1 and 5 north of Carberry. (Courtesy of Robins Nest Motel and Cafe owner Mike Patel)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Louis Rodriuez walks Dustin (left) and Gotda (right) in the Millennium Library park Wednesday afternoon during the blizzard.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Louis Rodriuez walks Dustin (left) and Gotda (right) in the Millennium Library park Wednesday afternoon during the blizzard.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Pedestrians cross Portage Avenue during heavy snowfall while front-end loaders clear snow Wednesday morning.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Pedestrians cross Portage Avenue during heavy snowfall while front-end loaders clear snow Wednesday morning.
Pedestrians take on a blustery snowfall as they cross Hargrave Street early Wednesday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Pedestrians take on a blustery snowfall as they cross Hargrave Street early Wednesday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Daryl Kuhl crosses the Esplanade Riel Footbridge Wednesday morning despite the blowing snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Daryl Kuhl crosses the Esplanade Riel Footbridge Wednesday morning despite the blowing snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Daryl Kuhl crosses the Esplanade Riel Footbridge Wednesday morning despite the blowing snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Daryl Kuhl crosses the Esplanade Riel Footbridge Wednesday morning despite the blowing snow. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Snow covers cars parked on Balmoral Street in West Broadway early Wednesday morning. (Winnipeg Free Press)
Snow covers cars parked on Balmoral Street in West Broadway early Wednesday morning. (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A pedestrian crosses Donald Street during heavy snowfall while -frontend loaders clear snow Wednesday morning.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A pedestrian crosses Donald Street during heavy snowfall while -frontend loaders clear snow Wednesday morning.
Margo Henuset in Souris decided to close her restaurant, Antlers & Oak Diner, early because of the storm Wednesday. (Margo Henuset / Winnipeg Free Press)
Margo Henuset in Souris decided to close her restaurant, Antlers & Oak Diner, early because of the storm Wednesday. (Margo Henuset / Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A pedestrian crosses Smith Street during a blustery snowfall Wednesday afternoon.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A pedestrian crosses Smith Street during a blustery snowfall Wednesday afternoon.

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