{"id":949655,"date":"2026-10-28T18:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949655\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:02:14","slug":"edmonton-experiences-first-major-snowfall-just-days-before-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949655\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton experiences first major snowfall \u2014 just days before Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ghosts, ghouls and goblins on some of Edmonton\u2019s front lawns were made even spookier by the chilling sight of Old Man Winter.<\/p>\n<p>The city, days before Halloween, woke up on Wednesday to its first significant snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada forecasters said upwards of 15 centimetres of snow could fall through parts of central Alberta by Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The weather office has issued a number of special weather statements for the city and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>The snow was expected to have a significant effect on rush-hour traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have urged drivers to allow for extra travel time and prepare for fast-changing road conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793210534_329_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ghosts, ghouls and goblins on some of Edmonton\u2019s front lawns were made even spookier by the chilling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":949656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-949655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949655","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=949655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}