Storm descends on Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada is expected to ring in the new year with a heap of snow and plenty of troubles for holiday travellers, as a strong winter storm enters the region.

Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings and watches for most of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia as the weather system moved up from the eastern United States seaboard.

The storm is expected to dump between 10 and 25 centimetres of snow on Nova Scotia over the next 24 hours, while southern New Brunswick and P.E.I. could get between 20 and 35 centimetres.