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yahoo news wrote:Guns and fists as "snow rage" erupts By David Ljunggren
Wed Mar 12, 12:01 PM ET



QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - Although Canada is one of the snowiest countries in the world, a series of violent "snow rage" incidents reveal that even the locals have their limits.

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Police in the French-speaking province of Quebec said on Wednesday that people were fighting over snow clearing and even parking spaces.

Recent Canadian winters have been mild but this one looks set to break all-time records for snow. One storm last weekend dumped 23 inches on the capital Ottawa and 19 inches on Quebec City, which has already received 210 inches this year.

Quebec City police said they had been called to a dozen violent disputes about snow from one property ending up on someone else's. The drifts outside some houses are 12 feet and higher.

Last Sunday, a man in an upscale Quebec City neighborhood became so upset a woman from a snow removal service was putting snow on his yard that he shouted at her and then took a shovel and hit the window of the vehicle she was driving.

"The woman apologized and returned to work ... a bit later the man opened his garage door and emerged with a shotgun, pointed it at the ground and looked at her in a threatening way," said police spokeswoman Catherine Viel.

Police arrested the man, who will be charged with negligent use of a firearm, and seized a total of 13 weapons from his home. Viel said snow-related fights were unusually common.

"It's happened particularly often this year ... you have to be used to snow if you live in Quebec but it's been a bit extreme this year. People are fed up," she said.

In Montreal, police said a man had produced a toy gun during a heated dispute Sunday between two drivers over a rare parking space. He may face weapons charges.

There may be more trouble to come, since Environment Canada says there is no sign winter is about to end. Snow fell again on Quebec City and Ottawa Wednesday.

Montreal is also having problems disposing of the snow. One massive mound is around 80-feet high and officials told reporters that unless steps were taken to dismantle the pile, much of it would still be there when next winter started.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren, editing by Mario Di Simine)

XemnasXD wrote:FREE QUEBEC!!!!

they must be the USA of canada

SlyckMyx wrote:Personally I've had enough of the white crap. Spring FTW!

XemnasXD wrote:FREE QUEBEC!!!!

they must be the USA of canada

Cereal_Killer wrote:

XemnasXD wrote:FREE QUEBEC!!!!

they must be the USA of canada

No, it is the France of Canada. That is why noone likes them!

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:Quebec has always been stupid like that, we say yes they say no. who cares anymore about Quebec

Blindfire wrote:Only the french ones are crazy.

Reise wrote:Better than what we Americans have to deal with lol. Don't start on this "racism" shit.

Anyway I live almost right next to Canada, all there is to do up here is shovel snow and shoot things.

redneck wrote:

Reise wrote:Better than what we Americans have to deal with lol. Don't start on this "racism" shit.

Anyway I live almost right next to Canada, all there is to do up here is shovel snow and shoot things.

Thats the life in Maine...

Fat_Smurf wrote:Well the reason why you probably heard about it yway is because it's unusual in québec to have someone running around with a firearm. So those kind of situation never happen, or almost.

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:Quebec has always been stupid like that, we say yes they say no. who cares anymore about Quebec

Blindfire wrote:Only the french ones are crazy.

and rofl @ the racist bastards calling us crazy. You guys probably don't know shit about us so go back to your apple juice kkthx.

dom wrote:

Fat_Smurf wrote:Well the reason why you probably heard about it yway is because it's unusual in québec to have someone running around with a firearm. So those kind of situation never happen, or almost.

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:Quebec has always been stupid like that, we say yes they say no. who cares anymore about Quebec

Blindfire wrote:Only the french ones are crazy.

and rofl @ the racist bastards calling us crazy. You guys probably don't know shit about us so go back to your apple juice kkthx.

Les anglophones essaient tous de se montrer devant le monde. Sont tous trop fif pour avouer qu'ils sont americain, c'est un complex psychologique. Pis ca aide pas qu'ils ont tous des petits penis.

Hostage wrote:My french is a little rusty ( haven't taken it since grade 9 xD) but I think he said something about Americans talking a lot of shit to the world and it doesn't help that they have small penis'.

Zypher wrote:well in that case, Dom.


/I put on my robe and wizard hat.

Hostage wrote:I wasn't trying to solve anything ( and clearly I didn't seeing how I got it wrong anyway). I just happened to be reading through the thread and you posted in french. I probably would not have posted if BurningWolf hadn't asked.

Anywho what do I care carry on with your conversation with Smurf.

Jstar1 wrote:people dont like french people cause they think ther snobbish..which to some extent is true

cause I went there 2 years ago, and ther so upstart they won't even talk to me even if they know english. plus, one shopkeeper tried to sell some of the kids beer..told him to knock it off bitch