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 A MAJOR BLAST OF WINTER

.EVEN THE OLD CHIEFTAN LOOKED COLD AND WEATHER BEATEN.

AND THE STORM

JUST GOT WORSE AS THE DAY WENT ALONG.

THE MORE SNOW -- THE MORE IT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED.

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WHETHER BY HAND --

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OR BY MACHINE -- OR EVEN BETTER MACHINE.

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IT SEEMED EVERY TYPE OF VEHICLE WAS PRESSED INTO SERVICE

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 WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON, POLICE ADVISED DRIVERS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS.

AND FOR THOSE WHO DID,

HERE'S SOME ADVICE.

GEORGE WILLIAMS/KINGSTON TRANSIT DRIVER

"ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME IN WEATHER LIKE THIS."

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AND THAT'S COMING FROM A PRO.

WHEELING A BUS AROUND THE CROWDED AND SNOW COVERED STREETS OF KINGSTON CERTAINLY PUTS THESE TRANSIT DRIVERS TO THE TEST.

WILLIAMS

"YOU'VE GOT TO BE WATCHING ALL OF THE TIME -- YOUR MIRRORS, AHEAD OF YOU.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN OVERALL PICTURE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S A CHALLENGE TO OUR SKILLS BUT WE CAN DO IT.

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MIDDAY IN DOWNTOWN KINGSTON.

NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY -- AND IT SEEMED A NUMBER OF PRINCESS STREET BUSINESSES WERE TAKING A HIT.

HENRY MCCULLOCH/MINOTAUR

"JANUARY, FEBRUARY ARE ALWAYS SLOW -- BUT WHEN IT'S A DAY LIKE THIS EVERYBODY'S BUNKED-UP, STAYING INSIDE, UNLESS IT'S A DESTINATION SHOPPER COMING FOR SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC, WE'RE GENERALLY GOING TO SEE MAYBE A DOZEN PEOPLE ALL DAY.

JOHN DURST/BUSINESS OWNER

"A DAY LIKE TODAY -- I DOUBT THAT WE'LL HAVE ANYONE IN -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A BAD DAY FOR BUSINESS.

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JOHN DURST OWNS THE OPTICAL FACTORY -- HE LEARNED YEARS AGO NOT TO CLOSE HIS STORE EVEN ON

BAD DAYS LIKE THIS

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"IF YOU SET YOUR HOURS -- I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU STAY OPEN -- ESPECIALLY IN MY TYPE OF BUSINESS WHERE YOU'RE SELLING EYE WEAR.

HE DROVE IN, HE WANTED HIS GLASSES -- I WAS CLOSED AND BE BASICALLY TOLD ME TO WHERE TO PUT THOSE GLASSES LATER ON, I UNDERSTOOD -- I APOLOGISED AND SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU SET YOUR HOURS, YOU KEEP YOUR HOURS.

THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO PROFIT FROM WINTER -- THIS PRIVATE SNOW REMOVAL

CREW CAN'T GET ENOUGH.

MIKE POSTOVIT, CKWS NEWSWATCH, KINGSTON.