That did not happen in the city this week. However, Winnipeggers had a lot to do on Thursday. By noon Thursday, Winnipeg had seen about 28 inches of snow. “So this is very important.” CBC meteorologist John Sauder said. For those who had to work on Thursday, moving was a challenge. Manpraat Singh says it took him about 20 minutes to clean his car on Thursday after the storm. (CBC)
Manpraat Singh says he had to tell his boss he would be late after spending 20 minutes digging his car. “He said it’s okay. ‘Yes, you can take your time,’ because he knows there are not many customers there. Everyone is stuck.”

Roads, services reopening

The Perimeter Road reopened on Thursday afternoon, which had closed on Wednesday due to poor winter driving conditions. The city of Winnipeg says the crews are clearing roads, sidewalks, active transport lanes and back lanes based on the priority system, starting with ring roads, main routes and priority routes. The extended parking ban on ski slopes remains in force, prohibiting parking on snow trails between midnight and 7 p.m. City services closed in the face of the storm, such as libraries, swimming pools, arenas and the Brady Road dump, will reopen on Saturday. Garbage collection will be delayed by two days, which means that if your collection was on Wednesday, you will now have to take out your bins on Friday. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says it is also resuming home care services, with the majority starting on Thursday afternoon. Activated the plan to deal with the severe weather conditions on Wednesday, due to the storm, canceling the home care except for high-risk patients.

Less than expected

Rosalie Finch and her daughter, Grace, used the snowy days as an opportunity to make a huge snowman. “It was a long hard winter for the families, so it was perfect to be out yesterday,” he said. Rosalie Finch, Jetter Muska and Grace Finch used all the extra storm to make this seven-foot-tall snowman. (Mario De Ciccio / CBC)
Rosalie experienced the 1997 blizzard and says it does not compare.
“It was a very crazy moment,” he said. “It does not fit. “I grew up on the farm, so you have a lot of snow days there. The photos we look back on now … the snow is over our heads, but I haven’t seen it in a long time.” As for the roads, it seems that the drivers have decided to stay put. Drivers crawl through downtown Winnipeg on Thursday. (CBC)
CAA Manitoba expected to have nearly 400 service calls by Thursday afternoon, but saw only a quarter of them, says Heather Mack, director of government and community relations for the service. “We do not want to have to save people on the sidewalks, so if they chose to stay at home, that would be terrible.” When it comes to air travel, Tyler MacAfee, vice president of the Winnipeg Airport Authority (WAA), says most flights were still canceled on Thursday morning. “A lot of it is because the planes did not come in yesterday. The airlines canceled almost everything precautionarily yesterday, so we are seeing cancellations until about noon this morning,” he said. Beyond that, however, a guess remained. “It’s really hard to say. As everyone knows, Mother Nature has her own plan,” MacAfee said. “If you are planning to travel today, make sure you monitor your flights closely.” CLOCKS Snowstorm scenes:

Inside the southern snowball of Manitoba

The winds blew, the flakes fell and Manitoban continued its action in the middle of a daily snowstorm that hit the southern part of the province. 1:00