As Cold Moves Out of Much of the West, Snow Moving Into BC, Environment Canada Warns

As Cold Moves Out of Much of the West, Snow Moving Into BC, Environment Canada Warns
A city worker shovels snow at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 8, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns
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An arctic stranglehold on much of Western Canada is loosening on all but northern Alberta, while a Pacific low-pressure system brings snow to much of British Columbia.

Environment Canada has lifted most of the extreme cold warnings in the Prairies, but says the long period of bitterly cold temperatures will continue in Alberta’s north with wind chill values near -40 C.