The first snowblower to clear the streets was purchased by the City of Montreal nearly 100 years ago, in 1928.

Last Tuesday Feb. 18, 48 hours after the two mega snowstorms that left some 70 cm of snow on the ground , the streets in the ...

Huge piles of snow buried streets as record snowfall hit Canada. Footage shows mounds of ice obstructing the streets as strong winds blew through downtown Montreal, on8. Montreal is grappling with an ...

It’s Day 2 of snow removal around Montreal on Tuesday Feb. 18, 2025. Crews prepare to clear The Plateau’s Resther Street of snow. Dave Sidaway Montreal Gazette Montreal is slowly digging ...

In some cases, snow wasn't removed at all ... a historian and sociologist who teaches at the University of Ottawa. Saint-Philippe Street in Montreal's Saint-Henri neighbourhood in 1972, when smaller ...

Such was the state of streets under the responsibility of the City of Montreal. And yet, two boroughs, St. Laurent and LaSalle, which took the initiative to clear snow ahead of a City of Montreal ...

the St-Laurent and LaSalle boroughs have used up their allowed local pick-up and will have to pay for any future independent snow-clearing in 2025. John Mahoney Montreal Gazette Several elected ...

Montreal is deploying thousands of ... the first note in the performance is loud and off-key. Before snow-loading operations begin on a given street, trucks drive through the neighbourhood with ...

RELATED: Montreal's historic snowfall nearly ties this 127-year record ... the city in the event that you must move your car during street-clearing operations. He advised people to visit the ...