Snowfall Gridlock in Metro Vancouver Turns 45-minute Commute Into 12-hour Frustration

Workers are seen around an EVA Air Boeing 777 aircraft that went off a taxiway onto soft ground after landing at Vancouver International Airport from Taipei during a snowstorm on Nov. 30, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

When Bharanisai Madhusudhan stopped at the grocery store on his way home from work Tuesday afternoon, he expected the trip home to Surrey, B.C. to take him about 45 minutes.

Instead, it would be nearly 12 hours before he arrived home.