How a century-old Montreal invention changed snow removal in the city
That changed after the turn of the century, when the city took charge. In the early 1900s, labourers were hired to shovel ...
Why can’t Toronto remove snow like Montreal? The answers may surprise you
The question of whether snow removal can or can’t get done more quickly after last weekend’s storm is complicated, according to city officials overseeing the process.
Snow-removal operation could last 10 more days, as city crews take mandatory breaks
It could take another 10 days for city crews to clear the snowbanks left over by last week's record-setting snowfalls.
Why Montreal’s snow-fighting army is the envy of other Canadian cities
Certainly no other Canadian cities compare; Toronto was famously mocked when mayor Mel Lastman called in the actual army to ...
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At least 10 more days to remove snow in Montreal, garbage collection to resume Monday
The city of Montreal says it’s cleared about a third of the snow from the two historic back-to-back major winter storms that ...
Time Out4d
What to know about tracking Montreal’s snow removal progress and what to expect after the record breaking weather
3. Progress of snow removal operations: Once the city starts clearing snow, this table charts the progress of snow-removal ...
Toronto needs to speed up its snow removal — and be like Montreal, councillor says
Snow removal will begin Wednesday morning and is expected to take up to three weeks with crews working around the clock, the ...
Expect at least 10 more days of snow removal, says City of Montreal
Mayor Valérie Plante says about one-third of the city's roads have been cleared since the recent snow dump. The operation ...
Frustration over slow snow removal after storms in Ontario, Quebec
People are voicing their frustration with the slow pace of snow removal after back-to-back winter storms pounded much of ...
The Canadian Press on MSN1d
Operation snowfall: A look at how Montreal is cleaning up after back-to-back storms
In Montreal's southwest, by the Lachine Canal, trucks come and go like clockwork, dumping loads of snow as blowers the size ...
The Gazette on MSN10d
Snow clearing: Montreal can’t start until plowing is done
Thursday’s storm began just as city crews were completing the cleanup from several snowfalls so far this month. Only six ...
City News3d
Montreal garbage starts to pile-up amid snow-removal operations
Garbage collection in Montreal was cancelled this week after 74 centimeters of snow fell on the city amid back-to-back storms – and it’s unclear when it will resume amid the major snow clearing ...