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VANCOUVER — Heavy rain and strong winds pummeled parts of British Columbia on Wednesday. Environment Canada had issued warnings for much of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Island, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and eastern and northern sections of Metro Vancouver.

MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante pleaded for patience and urged caution on Wednesday as the city's snow removal trucks and plows struggled to clear the record-shattering snowfall from back-to-back major storms.

Some parts of Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­could see 70 mm of rain in less than 24 hours.

CHÂTEAUGUAY, Que. — A 13-year-old girl remains in critical condition in a Quebec hospital this morning after being buried in snow on Tuesday. Police in Châteauguay, Que.

A backcountry skier in B.C. has been killed in an avalanche near the community of Golden. The RCMP says two men were reported unaccounted for at 10 p.m. Monday night, and had not been heard from since 5:30 p.m.

BEND, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, authorities said Tuesday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene or California wildfires could get a sizeable tax break to move to Wisconsin.

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 57-year-old man found inside a snow-covered vehicle with its engine running, after two major snowstorms hit the city over four days. Montreal police Const.

Areas north and southwest of Toronto are bracing for more wintery conditions. Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for communities in the peninsula southwest of Toronto, with wind chills expected to be around minus 30.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Harsh cold descended on the nation's midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains on the heels of weekend storms that pummeled the Eastern U.S. with floods, killing at least 14 people.