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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 first...
Jan 2, 2019 · 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.
Jan 13, 2017 · That’s because exactly 18 years ago, the city’s then-mayor Mel Lastman decided to call in the troops to help fight the remnants of a massive snowfall in Toronto. It marked a day the rest of...
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.
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.
Feb 8, 2013 · By then city crews had already been stretched to the limit, subway tracks were buried and every empty square of land was overflowing with snow dug off of roads and sidewalks. When Environment...
Jan 12, 2022 · From the Archives: Over 500 soldiers and 100 vehicles were called into active duty after massive snowstorms buried Toronto. Leon Korbee reports. ...more.
