This flew under the radar for us last week, and we forgot to mention CTV Winnipeg’s Sylvia Kuzyk will be honoured with the 2010 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Along with fellow broadcaster Bob Layton, Sylvia will receive her award June 17 in Edmonton at the RTNDA National Conference.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to individuals who [...]

Crews were out clearing the snow from the viewing stand at the Whistler Sliding Centre Tuesday. Weather conditions has seen further disruption to schedules and fans at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The women’s snowboard cross was delayed at Cypress Mountain due to poor visibility from fog and rain, and the men’s super combined [...]

Washington, D.C. was pummeled by a snow storm last weekend, and before today is over, forecasters predict an additional 30 cm.
The following video has been making the rounds of an amazing time lapse. It was apparently shot with a Nikon D200.
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A powerful snow storm hammered parts of the U.S. over the weekend, with Washington, D.C. taking the brunt of it. The thought of “14 to 22 inches of snow” — dubbed ‘Snowmageddon’ — was too much for this AccuWeather.com weatherman to handle.
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Plowing of residential streets will begin Wednesday morning at 7 a.m., the city said today.
To help crews work efficiently, an overnight parking ban is in effect Wednesday night at midnight. That means you can’t park on any street between midnight and 6 a.m. not designated a snow route.
The ban on streets labeled [...]

It was a wild day for weather in southern Manitoba Monday. Parts of the province took quite the beating as a sudden winter wallop gave students in rural areas the day off school, and made driving anywhere outside the city nothing less than a challenge.
People had their cell phones close by and e-mailed in some [...]

Did Global TV and CBC wait for the storm to pass Monday before doing their stand ups? Lightweights.

Who had the best storm coverage? It’s negligible, but CTV’s Jill Macyshon pulled a CNN and faced the elements head on.
If it counts, Waub Rice picked up a shovel at one point, but we didn’t see him use it. [...]

Winnipeg police have closed Saskatchewan Avenue between Hamilton Avenue and Buchanan Boulevard due to poor visibility and large snow drifts. The advisory was issued at about 5:15 p.m.
RCMP say the eastbound passing lanes of Highway 101 are snow packed between McPhillips Street and Main Street. Motorists should keep to the right hand lane.
The province has [...]

There’s a few differences between the video we shot below Monday morning, and the footage the Free Press shot during the same time period. First, our photog actually got out of his vehicle and stood on the side of the highway. Secondly, he refrained from dropping the F-bomb in the process.
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A semi truck with Florida plates (above) sits at the road closure south of St. Norbert on Highway 75 Monday morning.
The highway is closed all the way to Emerson due to poor visibility.
Meanwhile, visibility on the Perimeter Highway was next to nothing, as cars crawled to avoid hitting the ditch, and each other.
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Think twice about where you park your car tonight. The city has issued an overnight parking ban from midnight to 6 a.m.
That means you can’t park on Priority 1 and 2 streets, which includes regional streets, bus routes, and collector streets.
The ban will be in place until plowing can be completed.
Plows will also clear a [...]

Monday is depressing enough without the weather, but factor in what it looks like outside, and no one would blame you for going back to bed.
Several highways around the province are closed, including Highway 1 from Headingley to Portage la Prairie, Highway 75 from St. Norbert to Emerson and Highway 1 east of Winnipeg at [...]