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Snow day sends Vancouverites to social media

Karin Larsen | CBC News | Posted: December 5, 2016 6:41 PM | Last Updated: December 5, 2016

Monday morning snowfall produces pretty pictures and traffic chaos

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Caption: Lower Mainlanders woke up to snow Monday morning. (Yvette Brend/CBC)

Elsewhere in Canada people may laugh, but in Metro Vancouver the few centimetres of snow that fell Monday morning was a big deal — the first real snowfall in almost two years.
Here's a look at the pretty pictures and traffic chaos that ensued, as captured on social media and by CBC staff.

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Image | sledding at QE park

Caption: Kids hit the sleds at Queen Elizabeth Park (Jacy Schindel/CBC)

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Image | Granville street bus lineup

Caption: Slippery conditions and power outages led to an epic bus line up along Granville Street (Michelle Ghoussoub/CBC)

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Image | Lougheed gridlock

Caption: Traffic on Lougheed near Gilmore was at a crawl heading west into Vancouver. (Anita Bathe/CBC)

Image | 99 B-line lineup

Caption: The 99 B-line bus lineup at Commercial and Broadway stretched as far as the eye could see thanks to the traffic chaos. (Jake Costello/CBC)

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