OTTAWA — Heavy snowfall and low visibility from a powerful winter storm blanketing Pacific Canada compelled the nation’s second busiest airport in Vancouver to halt all flights on Tuesday morning, with disruptions anticipated to proceed forward of the Christmas weekend.
The Vancouver International Airport mentioned the storm has had “an unprecedented affect on flights” and induced mass cancellations in a single day.
“Travel continues to be considerably impacted this morning and we anticipate cancellations and delays to proceed by means of the day and the week forward,” the airport mentioned in a press release.
A low strain system from the Pacific Ocean mixed with very chilly Arctic air over British Col…
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