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Following up on last week’s dramatic video of snowclearing operations in the suburbs , here’s a slightly more subdued video showing night time snow clearing operations on St. Andrew Street in downtown Ottawa. Thanks to from W. Thomas Leroux for sending this along. ...

8:03 AM EST Sunday 15 February 2015 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: * Ottawa North - Kanata - Orléans * Ottawa South - Richmond - Metcalfe A prolonged period of very cold wind chills continues. Bitterly cold arctic air is being ushered in by stiff northerly winds. ...

This is what happened to Sandra Plegakis this morning on the Queensway. Ice flew off of a truck in front of her and smashed into her windshield. Other than some shards of glass in her hands she was unhurt, thankfully. Plegakis is the morning show co-host on 105. ...

https://twitter.com/ottawahealth/status/551778460897923072 The months of December, January and February are the coldest months of the Ottawa winter and it’s difficult to avoid the cold weather. Frostbite is defined as damage of the skin from exposure to cold weather. City of Ottawa Paramedics remind everyone that cold that extremely cold weather can lead to serious complications, the worst being amputation. ...

The first winter overnight parking restriction is in effect tonight from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. across Ottawa. This overnight parking restriction will remain in effect until the City announces it has been lifted.  During an overnight parking restriction residents are reminded that vehicles are banned from parking on any city street so that crews can clear them easily and effectively. ...

The City of Ottawa provides a number of tips and services to help residents with the clearing of snow from their walkways and driveways.  The Snow Go Program helps seniors and persons with disabilities find reliable contractors and/or individuals to clear snow from their private driveways and/or walkways. ...

Oh the weather outside is frightful… https://twitter.com/YOW_Weather/status/530706176460075008

Here’s a cool video posted by local videographer Matt Wiebe , taken during last night’s storm. 06.03.2014 - Evening Storm Timelapse from Matt Wiebe on Vimeo . ** See also: ** Ottawa Weather Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ Photo: “Hauling Winter Away” by Zhu, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group ...

Confirming what you already know: February was cold. Average temperature in February was -10.3C, which is 2.2C below normal for the month. Some stats and a graph here courtesy of YOW_Weather : * Ottawa normally gets 7 days above 0°C in February. ...