Winter is taking another icy cold stab at Canada\u2019s heartland, including in the City of Calgary.<\/p>\n
Environment Canada is tracking a chilling, windy weather system from the Northwest Territories through\u00a0Alberta\u00a0and Saskatchewan and into southern Manitoba.<\/p>\n
Cold temperatures continue in those provinces, with much of the northern regions feeling like -40 C. Roughly 25 to 35 cm of snow is expected, with gusting winds of 80 kilometres per hour likely.<\/p>\n
For Calgary, 660 NewsRadio Meteorologist Michael Kuss says the windchill is expected to be around -40 C on Wednesday morning, rising to -21 C and feel like -30 C in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
He also adds that light snow will be \u201crolling in\u201d before the temperature drops to -25 C overnight.<\/p>\n
The City of Calgary says crews applied materials as needed before the snow started falling Tuesday, then activated its priority plan<\/a> at around 2 a.m. Wednesday. This involves clearing major roadways, such as Crowchild Trail, Memorial Drive, and Glenmore Trail, within 0 to 18 hours after snowfall. <\/p>\n Sidewalks, LRT platforms, and other priority pathways are to be cleared within 24 hours. The city also clears all city-owned sidewalks<\/p>\n As of 7 a.m., 14 per cent of Calgary\u2019s major roads were cleared. A map of the city\u2019s priority roads can be found online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The city also says property owners and occupants must clear their sidewalks of snow and ice, per Bylaw 20M88, adding that \u201csidewalks should be cleared 24 hours after snowfall ends.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Calgary Transit\u2019s\u00a0snow detours<\/a>\u00a0remain in effect for all bus routes on Wednesday morning. Calgary Transit school bus routes remained in place.<\/p>\n Both the cold and the snow are expected to linger until early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n Listen to\u00a0660 NewsRadio<\/a>\u00a0or tune into\u00a0CityNews 24\/7\u00a0<\/a>for the latest in breaking news, traffic, and weather<\/p>\n