Winnipeg residents are also still digging out and preparing for a week of frigid temperatures after a heavy snow storm hit the city on Saturday.
The declared snow route parking ban remains in effect Sunday night between midnight and 7:00 a.m. Vehicles parked on those routes could be towed and left with a $100 ticket
Before Angelie Flores could go to church on Sunday morning, she had to dig her car out of a snowbank left behind after city crews plowed her street.
"It was actually up to my door, so I couldn't open it at all," she said.
She said she didn't know her street would be plowed overnight, and that's why she left her car there.
"I don't understand. I mean, they could have knocked on the door. Nobody wants to get buried in the snow, especially in this kind of weather."
Nearly 300 pieces of heavy equipment worked through the night to clear main roadways and sidewalks. The city doesn't know when, or if, it will get to residential sidewalks. Some people have begun clearing the snow already themselves, but others have not, making things difficult for pedestrians.
Jim Girden used his snow blower to clear a wide path in front of his house and thinks others should do the same.
"There's two reasons for it,” he said. “One is to allow the kids here to get easier access to school so they don't have to walk on the road, and secondly, I got to get from my garage to my front driveway here."
In the coming days the city will decide how it will proceed with residential street clearing. Winnipeggers dealing with all this snow also have to contend with colder than normal temperatures.
"If you're walking, it may be cold but when you're on a bike it's alright,” said cyclist Jason McIvor.“You get to wherever you want to get to faster."
Environment Canada says things won't begin to warm up until Friday at the earliest.
- With a report by Ben Miljure
