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New Brunswick's latest winter wallop in pictures

A blizzard brought much of New Brunswick to a standstill on Monday.

Storm causes widespread closures, prompts travel warnings

A blizzard brought much of New Brunswick to a standstill on Monday.

Here are some photos from across the province.

Monday's blizzard meant a day off of school for most New Brunswick students. It didn't take long for some children to get tired of playing outside. (Tori Weldon/CBC)
The blizzard conditions created some sliding opportunities in the Moncton area. (CBC)
This Saint John pedestrian was hunched over against the strong winds as he made his way up King Street, in front of City Hall, on Monday morning. (Brian Chisholm/CBC)
Conditions quickly deteriorated. Uptown Saint John was a ghost town after police warned motorists to avoid unnecessary travel. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Numerous stores right across the province opened late or not at all on Monday, including this bakery and caf in Sackville. (Tori Weldon/CBC)
A blizzard hitting much of Atlantic Canada is causing problems for drivers. (CBC)
George Anderson's snowblower wasn't much of a match for Mother Nature outside the Saint John City Market. (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
Plows were working in tandem along Highway 1 westbound in Saint John, near Strescon Ltd., around 11:30 a.m. About 30 minutes later, Gateway pulled its plows from the highway between St. Stephen, in Charlotte County, and River Glade, in Westmorland County. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
The lunch-hour rush in Sackville on Monday. (Tori Weldon/CBC)
Taxis were among the only vehicles on the roads in Saint John during the blizzard. (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
a sidewalk plow in Saint John
Some sidewalks were being plowed in Saint John on Monday morning, but roads quickly became the priority. (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
Virtually all transport trucks were off the roads in southern New Brunswick on Monday because of hazardous driving conditions. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Dozens of drivers had a layover at the Dolan Road Irving on Highway 1 in Rothesay, which is open 24 hours and has shower facilities for truckers. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
The City of Saint John declared an overnight parking ban for the north, east and west areas of the city, but not the south-central peninsula. (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
Monday's blizzard didn't keep Leonard Mason of Saint John inside. (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
More snow and strong winds are on the way for New Brunswick on Wednesday night as another storm is expected to dump up to another 30 cm of the white stuff. (CBC)
The Saint John City Market gate was locked up tight for the day. (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
By mid-afternoon, the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization was urging people to stay off the roads 'unless absolutely necessary.' (Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon/CBC)
Marg Taylor doesn't get much use out of her swimming pool in the Kennebecasis Valley at this time of year, but the five-foot fence is a good gauge of how much snow had fallen by mid-afternoon. (Submitted by Marg Taylor)