RCMP are reporting at least 30 collisions in southeastern Manitoba, as the province is gripped by a blizzard that has forced multiple road closures, including a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Environment Canada has issued blizzard warnings across southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg, the Red River Valley and the Interlake region. Strong northerly winds, with gusts of up to 90 km/h, have led to extremely low visibility, particularly in open rural areas.
The Perimter Highway has now been closed, along with many other highways south and southwest of Winnipeg. The weather conditions - a Blizzard Warning - is impacting southern Manitoba. Highways are being closed everywhere so rapidly that it is hard to have continual updates.
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WINNIPEG - Emergency crews in southern Manitoba were called to dozens of collisions as a winter storm blew through.
You may want to delay any travel plans, a meteorologist says, especially if those plans involve highway driving.
Southern Manitoba's respite from the bitter cold is about to get clipped. An Alberta clipper is heading toward the province, bringing an end to abnormally-warm temperatures and prompting several weather alerts.
An Alberta Clipper has made its way to southern Manitoba. As a result, Highway 75 is closed from Winnipeg to the U.S. border. Environment Canada says blizzard conditions are developing in the Red River Valley as a cold front sweeps down from the north.
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An emergency alert urged drivers to stay off highways in southern Manitoba Friday, as a fierce winter storm reduced visibility to near zero in many areas and hospitals were warned to prepare for a possible influx of patients.
A woman died in hospital Thursday after she was taken there following an encounter with RCMP officers on Wednesday. The death was reported by RCMP to the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba on Friday and the police watchdog is investigating.