In pictures: Winnipeg blizzard, Dec. 18, 2025 By: Free Press staff Posted: 5:28 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025

A blizzard swept across southern Manitoba on Thursday, closing roads and schools, knocking out power, and cancelling or delaying flights in and out of Winnipeg.

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A blizzard swept across southern Manitoba on Thursday, closing roads and schools, knocking out power, and cancelling or delaying flights in and out of Winnipeg.

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A blizzard swept across southern Manitoba on Thursday, closing roads and schools, knocking out power, and cancelling or delaying flights in and out of Winnipeg.

All city school divisions cancelled classes, along with the universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba and Red River College Polytechnic. Garbage and recycling pickup was cancelled and transit service was affected, with many buses delayed or stuck. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority cancelled most home-care services and Canada Post suspended mail service in Winnipeg.

A city tow truck hauls away a bus after it was in a collision with another bus on Ellice Avenue at Empress Street during morning rush hour in blizzard conditions. (Mike Deal / Free Press)

City crews started clearing main roads around 1 a.m., but called off plowing operations in the morning because blowing snow made it ineffective.

Parts of the Interlake region saw the most snowfall with 17 centimetres, while Winnipeg received between seven to 10 centimetres. Snowfall was lighter than forecast, but high winds caused whiteout conditions and frigid temperatures made getting around difficult.

Rough weather is expected to stick around until Friday, when a second, weaker Alberta clipper will make its way across the Red River Valley. That system is expected to bring five to eight more centimetres of snow and more strong wind gusts.