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» PAT MERLIHAN
Season of Song THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS John Mahood Public School teacher Mrs. Hillman directs the senior choir during the school's Christmas pageant Wednesday afternoon.
Get used to the snow: it’s likely here to stay
We’ll probably see an average winter this time around, unlike last year’s milder weather James Jackson
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aterloo Region finally got its first major dose of winter on Sunday night as upwards of 15 centimetres
fell in the region, causing ice and blowing snow to blanket the area highways. Thankfully, the region has seen only a fraction of the lake-effect snow that buried
SATURDAY
WEEKEND WEATHER
Scattered Flurries
London last week, and closed a section of highway 402 near Sarnia after nearly 300 motorists were trapped in their cars earlier this week. In fact, it has been a rela-
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tively quiet start to winter. The region normally sees 14 cm of snow in November, but this year Environment Canada says it recorded only two cm during the month.
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December has started out much the same as well, and as of last Monday the airport had only recorded about 2.6
> SEE WINTER ON PG. 06
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