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- The Canadian army has arrived in Toronto to do battle against an enemy it can never defeat - the weather. Four hundred soldiers, backed by armoured vehicles, have taken up posts in Canada's largest city, ready to help get the crippled metropolis moving again.
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Jan 14, 2022 · It's been more than two decades since a series of winter storms buried Toronto under a metre of snow, forcing then-mayor Mel Lastman to call on the military to help the city dig out. The...
Jan 14, 2024 · On Jan. 14, 1999, then-Toronto mayor Mel Lastman notoriously brought in the Canadian Armed Forces to downtown Toronto as the region was repeatedly blasted by severe snowstorms in a two-week...
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"People in southern Ontario are digging out this weekend, the CBC's Simon Dingley reported. "Between 10 and 15 cm of snow hit the Toronto area, nothing compared to last weekend, when the city was walloped by almost 40 centimetres," he continued. And frustration was building along with the piles of snow. "The side roads, the big roads [are] still no...
"Tonight, the army moves in. Another blizzard hits southern Ontario, and Toronto just can't cope," The National told viewers at the start of the broadcaston the night of Jan. 14, 1999. That day, a monster storm had begun to plow its way across Ontario toward Quebec, dropping at least 25 centimetres of snow, and possibly twice that in some areas. Th...
In the previous 11 days, Arsenault summed up, Toronto had already received more than 100 centimetres of snow, and as it was expected to keep falling overnight, this could be "the snowiest January in 200 years." In an interview with The National, Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman told Peter Mansbridge that his biggest worry was that "when the snow melts, wh...
By the next day, on Jan. 15, 1999, the mayor was confident that the worst was over. There would be no further requests for military help. "I'm not prepared to declare an emergency, because everything is well under control," he told reporters. And early in the day, he toured the Downsview base. There he met the troops, and had "a little fun," riding...
On Jan. 13, 1999, many Torontonians were outside shoveling snow. And if you were in Canada’s military, you might’ve been getting ready to do the same. That’s because exactly 18 years ago, the...
There would be a total of 118.4 cm of snow on the ground when it was all over, and by the 13th day of the new year, Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman called for the Canadian army to help dig the city out.
Jan 11, 2009 · As Environment Canada predicts more snow this week and temperatures plunging to -22C, Mel Lastman is warmly recalling his decision 10 years ago to call in the military to fight a snowstorm.
Feb 8, 2013 · When Environment Canada warned of further snowfall on Jan. 14, Lastman called the troops. Some 400 soldiers were dispatched from CFB Petawawa, and another 800 were put on standby. Some cleared...
