'First significant' snowstorm hits parts of Canada, while other areas prepare for record-breaking heat
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Snow is expected to hit parts of eastern Canada this weekend while other communities could break a 23-year heat record.
It's starting to look like winter for some Canadians as a snowstorm buries parts of the Prairies and northern Ontario, while others soak up a possible record-breaking weekend.
Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for communities in northern Ontario for the "first significant" storm of autumn.
The communities from Kenora to James Bay are impacted by the storm, Environment Canada said. Some communities just outside the snowfall warning can expect a "messy mix" of freezing rain, ice pellets and snow.
"Snow, at times heavy, will develop this morning over portions of far northern Ontario," the warning reads. "Snow will diminish in intensity this evening before tapering to flurries later tonight."
Precipitation could fall between two to four centimetres per hour, accumulating to 10 to 20 centimetres by the end of the day.
The storm tracked its way into Ontario overnight Thursday from the Prairies, where it left messy roads and dumped between 11 to 36 centimetres of snow in Calgary.
After the storm passed through, a cold front set in and dropped temperatures in the city to -16 C.
