A second winter storm in less than a week blanketed much of Quebec and Ontario on the weekend, exhausting overworked city clearing crews, prompting flight cancellations and stranding passengers, many of whom were travelling to places specifically to escape the cold.

As Canadians dig out from back-to-back-to-back snowstorms that swept the eastern half of the country, adjusters are beginning to respond to claims.   But with snowbanks piled high across two provinces,