While there may only be a week left of official winter, Calgary is once again blanketed in snow. Flakes started falling overnight, making for a tricky commute Thursday morning,

According to the Calgary Police Service, there were 12 crashes between midnight and 8 a.m. Thursday, including three injury collisions. Meanwhile, RCMP are advising of winter driving conditions on highways north of the city.

Chris McGeachy with the City of Calgary says crews are out clearing major roads such as Crowchild and Glenmore Trails, as well as Memorial Drive.

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“We’re plowing through lanes and applying material to those routes,” says McGeachy. “We also have a number of hand crews out dealing with pedestrian infrastructure like LRT stations, pathways and pedestrian overpasses.”

City road crews work on rotating shifts into April, and McGeachy says they are monitoring the snowfall and, as long as temperatures stay below zero, they are responding in the same way as any other snow event throughout the winter.

“We’re just reminding people to drive to winter conditions,” says McGeachy. “Although the calendar may say we’re in spring, it is still winter unfortunately on the roads, so we just want to remind people to leave plenty of time to get to where you need to go.”

More snow is expected to fall throughout the day and into Friday.

Atlantic Canada’s utilities and municipalities are bracing for another day of snow and strong winds, while weary residents get set for more shovelling.

Environment Canada has issued blowing snow and winter storm warnings for much of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and eastern New Brunswick, while gusts are predicted to reach up to 100 kilometres per hour in the Wreckhouse area of southwestern Newfoundland.

Nova Scotia Power says it will activate its Emergency Operations Centre at 8 a.m. today, and that it has crews positioned across the province to respond to any outages.

Some residents of Newfoundland’s capital were posting to social media on the weekend, looking for help getting out of their homes as massive drifts covered doors to homes and basement apartments.

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The City of St. John’s says in a statement that all municipal facilities, including City Hall, will be closed Monday in order to give city crews the time and space they need to clear a deluge of snow that’s fallen in the past week.

Some parts of St. John’s were buried under 56 centimetres of snow, while the nearby communities of Mount Pearl and Paradise saw 65 cm and 74 cm, respectively.

“We will continue to monitor conditions closely and will take additional measures if necessary,” the city’s statement said.

Environment Canada said nearly 330 cm of snow has fallen in St. John’s since Nov. 1, while totals in Gander, in central Newfoundland, have hit 434 cm.

The weather office says northwestern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island can expect to see as much as 25 centimetres of snow by Tuesday, while Bridgetown and Yarmouth in the province’s south can expect the same amount.

Nova Scotia Power said heavy snow and high winds are expected to impact the province throughout the day.

The utility said the mix of weather can weigh down trees and branches onto power lines. It also said high winds can affect safety for power line technicians, slowing restoration efforts when winds reach 80 km an hour.

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A rain-to-snow transition is sweeping across Ontario once again, with eastern and central parts of the province forecast to receive up to 20 centimetres of snow through Saturday.

According to weather forecasters, a storm similar to Wednesday’s system will move across southern and eastern Ontario on Friday, bringing another round of mixed and shifting precipitation.

The showers started Friday morning and will move east throughout the day.

Many regions are expected to see rain transition to freezing rain before changing over to snow, though not all areas will experience every phase.

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The precipitation near the Greater Toronto Area will create cloudy and wet conditions throughout the day, before the rain is expected to stop in the evening.

Compared with Wednesday’s storm, the approaching system is expected to deliver more consistent snowfall to eastern Ontario, including Ottawa, where accumulation totals could climb significantly.

According to Environment Canada, the heaviest snowfall, between 15 and 20 centimetres, is forecasted for parts of eastern and central Ontario, where colder air is expected to remain firmly in place.

Toronto, however, is expected to stay warm enough to predominantly see rain for much of the event, with a gradual shift to snow possible later.

Environment Canada has also issued yellow freezing rain warnings for some areas north and east of Ottawa, as well as regions farther north, including areas near Barrie.

Environment Canada urges the public to check driving conditions before getting behind the wheel.

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