The entire Canada was being hammered by a variety of weather systems on the first day of winter (December 21), with storms and blowing snow gripping much of provinces of Ontario and Quebec, while wind-chill warnings are in effect through most of the prairies and Western Canada. High winds are forecast throughout Atlantic Canada.
Extreme wind chill warnings remained in effect for large part of the Prairies egion, with temperatures expected to drop as low at -40 C and remain frigid for another four days.
Up to 40 cm of snow was …

The Prime Minister of Canada, in an interview with CTV News in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has confirmed first time that his Conservative government’s January 2009 budget would push Canada into a deficit, while including billions of dollars in spending. “The truth is, I’ve never seen such uncertainty …,” the Globe and Mail quoted Harper as saying in the interview. “I’m very worried about the Canadian economy.”
The Prime Minister also raised the possibility that a depression — loosely defined as prolonged recession where output declines more than 10 percent — …