{"id":553794,"date":"2026-03-22T19:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553794\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T19:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:15:18","slug":"freezing-rain-across-ottawa-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553794\/","title":{"rendered":"freezing rain across Ottawa Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOkay Mother Nature\u2026 You win. We, the City of Ottawa, GIVE UP! Please stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councillor<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimTierney\/status\/2035478594248429767?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimTierney\/status\/2035478594248429767?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tim Tierney\u2019s<\/a> words ring true for many in Ottawa. After a <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.citynews.ca\/2025\/11\/10\/first-of-the-season-snowfall-breaks-over-50-year-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">record-setting winter<\/a> for snow accumulation, Ottawans are ready for spring.<\/p>\n<p>But the warmer weather hasn\u2019t arrived just yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=45.403,-75.687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Environment Canada<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=45.403,-75.687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>has issued a yellow weather advisory, stating the region can expect freezing drizzle throughout Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The high for the day is hovering around the freezing mark, meaning ice accumulation can cause slippery roads and sidewalks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIcy surfaces will likely form and could be difficult to detect,\u201d the Environment Canada says.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Tierney said that despite the less than ideal start to spring, the city\u2019s Roads and Parking Services team is ready to go, to ensure the safety of those travelling.<\/p>\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.citynews.ca\/2026\/01\/24\/city-says-it-is-prepared-to-tackle-above-average-snowfall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">higher than average snowfall season<\/a>, the city previously told CityNews it had to stay on top of its game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCity crews remain well\u2011prepared for the conditions ahead,\u201d Quentin Levesque, Director of Roads &amp; Parking Services, said. \u201cThe team is adequately staffed and prepared to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOkay Mother Nature\u2026 You win. We, the City of Ottawa, GIVE UP! Please stop.\u201d Councillor Tim Tierney\u2019s words&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-553794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}