Extreme Cold Warnings Blanket Western Canada as Winter Officially Arrives

Extreme Cold Warnings Blanket Western Canada as Winter Officially Arrives
A person hails a taxi as heavy snow falls in downtown Vancouver, late Dec. 19, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in the official start of winter.

Environment Canada says wind chill values across all of Alberta and more than half of Saskatchewan will make it feel like minus 40 or colder, while some areas of northern Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories will endure wind chill of minus 50.