snow

There’s a great list of Ottawa snow stats on Forestdragon’s Weblog. Keep in mind, these were all compiled before the apocalyptic snowfall this weekend. Some highlights: ** ** * Number of days without snow: 25 * Amount of salt used: 220,000-plus tonnes * Amount of snow moved: 2. ...

How does yesterday’s snow fall stack up to blizzards from years gone by? We sent the question to the Ottawa Public Library’s " Ask A Librarian " service. Here’s their reply: 1 - According to Environment Canada's "National Climate Data and Information Archive" ...

Environment Canada issued a Winter Storm Warning today for a massive snow storm that’s about to hit our city. Somebody at the weather office must have had a thesaurus handy … the warning is below, and we’ve emphasized some of the great descriptions they’ve used to describe the storm: ** ...

Two press releases caught our eye last week: * First, from the City of Ottawa: [ City’s approved sledding hills open ](http://www.ottawastart.com/story/7080.php) * Second, from the National Capital Commission: [ NCC’S TOBOGGAN HILLS IN THE GREENBELT ARE NOW OPEN ](http://www. ...