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Ontario, Canada's most populated province, was just hit with their worst snowstorm in years.

It led to school closures, traffic jams, and police warning people to stay home.

It also led to the most amazing acts of kindness you’ll ever see.

A Canadian Thread.

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When this woman found her car buried underneath a massive pile of snow, how did she remove it?

With a curling broom.

Name something more Canadian, we’ll wait…

(🎥: IG/deee.t_____)
This is Clayton.

He’s 8.

During the blizzard, he noticed a man who had fallen into the snow, and was nearly buried underneath all of it.

He immediately alerted his parents who called 911 and saved the man’s life.

(📸: @OttawaParamedic ) Clayton, wearing a yellow jacket, stands in the snow
In Toronto, this bus got stuck in the snow.

Rather than sit around, what did the passengers do?

They got off and pushed the bus up the hill — with 50cm of snow on the ground.
These two men were stuck in their car when they noticed an old lady trying to cross the street.

What did they do?

They immediately jumped out and helped walk her safely to her home.

Like, all the way home.

Later, a kind stranger helped them push their car out of the snow. Two men walking an old lady across the snowTwo men walking the old lady up the stairs outside her build
It’s not in Ontario, but in Winnipeg, this family celebrated the cold by turning their street into a hockey rink.

It’s got painted lines, lights, and a goalie net.

In Canada, rumour has it this is how NHL legends are born.

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This construction worker noticed an elderly lady come off the subway.

He stopped what he was doing and walked her home, making sure she got home safe.
In Toronto, the police motto is “to serve and protect.”

In this case, civilians responded with “to help and to push” - actively pushing a police car out of a snow pile.

This TV weatherman was reporting live when a car got stuck in the snow.

So they paused, live on television, to help dig the driver out.

Well done, @AnthonyFarnell 👏🏼

#ONStorm
Meanwhile in Ottawa, this nurse knew her patients needed her, but the roads were in terrible shape.

So she decided to skip the traffic and ski into work.

Heroes gotta hero.

(📸: @AlexMunter ) A nurse skiing on the road
Also in Ottawa, the team at this hospital has been brushing the snow off the cars of doctors and nurses who haven't finished their shifts.

#TeamGame A security guard brushing snow off cars
In Ottawa, this snowplow driver was clearing the roads when he noticed a homeless man laying in the middle of the street.

So the driver got off the truck, walked over, and carried the man to safety.

(📸: Jimmy Ivanski) A snowplow driver getting off his truck and approaching a maA snowplow driver helping a man cross the road
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