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TORONTO — WestJet proactively cancelled flights at airports in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec Thursday night as storm systems bore down on the regions, deepening a cascade of disruptions that have sent travellers scrambling.
Flights to and from Vancouver International Airport from 11:50 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday through late Friday afternoon were also off the books. In Eastern Canada, rain, snow, flash freezing and strong winds were all in the forecast from Thursday through Saturday. The family was eventually assigned a new route with a stop in Ottawa, but as they were putting on their baggage tags in Toronto, they received a notification that the Ottawa-Vancouver leg was cancelled too.
Rain starting Thursday night in Toronto will shift to flurries as a cold front moves in, said Peter Kimbell, an Ontario-based warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada. Conditions improved Thursday at Vancouver International Airport, where 100 of 660 flights were cancelled, president and CEO Tamara Vrooman told a press conference.
Transportation Minister Rob Fleming told a news conference the significance of the incoming weather front cannot be overstated, as he urged against any non-essential travel across much of southern B.C."We have been watching the forecast for the freezing rain very, very actively because of course, it's one thing to have snow and snow removed. De-icing on freezing rain is very, very difficult.
"We can’t shower and we tried to book the nearby hotels and they are all booked. We slept on floors or sometimes walked around in the airport for hours until felt tired. As adults, we can handle that, but the most difficult is the kids,” said Madlang.
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