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The winter season has well and truly begun in Canada, and much of the country – from the Western provinces to the Maritimes – is set to experience extreme winter weather conditions over the next few days, with freezing temperatures and heavy snowfalls.
A polar vortex is ushering in Arctic air, bringing the coldest temperatures in 70 years for some areas on the Prairies.
Wind chills could reach -50 degrees Celsius!
#ABwx #SKwx #MBwxhttps://t.co/i34WVmHt70
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) January 11, 2024
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Southern Quebec and the Gaspé Peninsula will be particularly vulnerable.