GLOBAL WARMING HITS CANADA

One half of North America’s largest ski area will open this weekend, thirteen days ahead of schedule.Whistler Mountain at Whistler Blackcomb will now open on Saturday, thanks to cold temperatures, intensive snowmaking and heavy snowfall.........

A number of resorts are already open in North America and Europe, including Obergurgl in Austria, which opened today, and Cairngorm Mountain in Scotland which opened last weekend, its earliest start since 2008.
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