An 18-metre snow pile remains at a snow dump on Kenaston Boulevard as a reminder of the harsh winter Winnipeg endured.
The brown pile of snow still hasn't melted, even though it is August 18.
Jim Berezowsky, Winnipeg's manager of streets maintenance, says it's not unusual for snow at the dump sites to survive into August. But this year, he's seeing more snow than usual. "It is significantly higher than in years past," Berezowsky told CTV's Canada AM on Friday. "We didn't receive the extreme heat that we usually do."
Berezowsky says his crews typically wait until the second week of August before they step in to speed up the melting process. City workers will use bulldozers to crack through the 18-metre snow pile's icy crust, speeding up the warming process.
- With a report by Josh Elliott
