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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Yes, that was some record-breaking snow (and no, the army isn’t coming)
Description: For residents of northern Ontario, it’s always tempting to poke fun at how people in southern Ontario react to a heavy dumping of snow.But the huge storm that hit the GTA this weekend was no laughing matter. The onslaught broke all kinds of weather records — including in Toronto, where Sunday’s total snowfall (46.2 cm) smashed the previous single-day high of 39.9 cm.How bad was it? In Burlington, a city councillor took to social media today to tell local high school students that if they break out a shovel, their digging would count toward their...