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Jan 14, 2022 · Published Friday, January 14, 2022 8:00AM EST. 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 ...
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 Canada would never forget by providing the punchline of a joke that never seems to get old. On this day in 1999: Toronto mayor calls in troops to shovel ...
Jan 14, 2024 · From the archives. Twenty-five years ago, Toronto called in the army to clean up after a snowstorm. Here’s how the Star reported it in 1999. On Jan. 14, 1999, then-Toronto mayor Mel Lastman ...
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- 'Toronto Just Can't Cope'
- The Most Snow in Quite A While
- 'Everything Is Well Under Control'
"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...
It’s time once again to head down memory lane, as the 22nd anniversary of Toronto’s epic snowstorm is upon us. It all began with a snowstorm that fell between January 2 and 3 in 1999, but by the third snowfall on January 13, the storm was soon called “ Toronto’s Snowstorm of the Century ” by Environment Canada.
Feb 8, 2013 · That time Toronto called the military to battle snow: An eternity of mockery. A gentle morning snowstorm that dusted Toronto streets was the talk of the city on Friday, and snickers and outright guffaws could be heard from the rest of Canada. Residents of the country’s biggest city are seen as a bunch of softies when it comes to winter weather.
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Jan 14, 2022 · Read more: https://bit.ly/3zZANfN | Toronto, narrative, winter storm Today in 1999: Mayor Mel Lastman calls in the army after major snowstorm in Toronto | Toronto, narrative, winter storm | It's been 23 years since a massive snowstorm buried Toronto.
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