Since Monday night, snow has been falling in Saskatchewan in many areas throughout the province.
This has caused chaos both on the roads for drivers and those passengers travelling by air.
“It’s quite a potent one. It actually came from the United States, almost directly south to north. That brought a lot of moisture and actually a lot of warm air to the southern prairies,” said Danielle Desjardins, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
Some areas saw anywhere from 5 centimetres upwards of 30 centimetres of snow.
One passenger bound for Toronto Tuesday morning said he spent four hours sitting in the plane on the tarmac before being told to exit the plane.
“We backed away from the gate, maybe only 100 yards and they de-iced the plane twice but then couldn’t get the motors going, so they just continuously had little issues,” said Ron …