Year: 2011

  • SNOW Falling! — Snow Contest Winner! Congratulations Jochem Juurlink!

    Well, it can’t get any more official than what has happened in the past couple hours! THe snow started at approximately 9:10AM this morning and it has continued. We now have about 1cm (judging by the webcam) with likely a little more in places. We could get up to 5cm today. It should turn to…

  • Has the Snow shoe finally dropped?

    Over the past couple days anyone paying attention to a number of weather forecasts would have noticed some inconsistencies with this weeks forecast, especially later in the week. Environment Canada had originally been calling for no chance of snow at all, while other models have consistently suggested some sort of late week cold that could…

  • Pretty dry week…

    It’s going to be a week of pretty non-descript weather… More details on Monday.

  • Remembering – A Story

    Something I wrote April 9, 2007…. Memories of Vimy Ridge There will be ceremonies today at the Vimy Ridge memorial rededicating it after a 3 year restoration process. I travelled to France in 2003, and my stop at Vimy Ridge was the most memorable and striking part of my tour. It is a solemn place,…

  • Three Words!

    A Beautiful Day!! 15C. Soak it in! The ‘epic’ alaska storm is comin’ our way tomorrow (in less than ‘epic’ form thankfully). 🙂