The Town of Churchill is getting ready to tackle the aftermath of a three-day blizzard that blanketed the community in snow and shut down some essential services. The northern Manitoba town declared a state of local emergency on Friday evening, emerging on the other side of the winter storm that included 60 centimetres of snow and wind gusts of up to 120 km/h. Churchill Mayor Mike Spence said he can't remember such a significant dump of snow in town in his lifetime. "What a hearty community — this community has a lot of heart." "As you're going along ... you're just seeing the rooflines, for instance.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2017 05:26 UTC