VIA Rail Passengers Stranded for Over 18 Hours as Winter Storms Halt Travel Plans Across Canada

VIA Rail Passengers Stranded for Over 18 Hours as Winter Storms Halt Travel Plans Across Canada
A person walks through blowing snow during a snowstorm in Toronto on Dec. 23, 2022. Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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Strong winds, heavy snow, and freezing rain continue to batter Canada on Christmas Eve to start the long holiday weekend, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity, and passengers stranded on trains for over 18 hours.

The storm that closed schools, disrupted travel plans, and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes in B.C., Ontario, and Quebec on Dec. 23 will still be around today, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).