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Summary

Kids In Calgary Were Asked To Give Names To The City's Snowplows & Some Are So Canadian

They've clearly had some fun with that! 🤣

Western Canada Editor

Children in Calgary were asked by the city to name a fleet of snow plows as part of a competition — and the winners have just been announced.

Students from Kindergarten age up to Grade 9 took part and officials said they received 1,700 submissions.

Now, the city has picked its 78 names which can be seen on magnetic decals attached to the snow plows soon.

The City of Calgary said: "We had many wonderful submissions, and they varied in so many ways. We saw names of favourite relatives or pets, celebrities, characters and sayings from favourite TV shows and movies such as Pokémon, Harry Potter or Star Wars.

"The most popular submissions were Plowy McPlowface, Mr. Plow and Frosty the Snowplow. We also had Indigenous names for Chinook and snow, and French and German names, too. We even had some Calgary-centric names like Marda Scoop and Calgary Plower.

The list of winning names is here:

  • Abominable Snow Plow
  • Beluga
  • Big Friendly Plow
  • Blizzard Blaster
  • Blizzard of Oz
  • Blizzard Wizard
  • Bob
  • Bonhomme Déneige
  • Brinestone Plowboy
  • Calgary Plower
  • Calgary Snowflames
  • Chinook
  • Chippy
  • Darth Blader
  • Double Trouble Shovel
  • Eiffel Plower
  • Everest
  • Fast & Flurrious
  • For Your Ice Only
  • Frostbite
  • Frosty the Snow Plow
  • Frozone
  • Gordie Plow
  • Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
  • Ice Breaker
  • KaPLOW!
  • Kóónsskoyi
  • La Charrue
  • L'échasse-neige
  • Let It Snow
  • Lizard Snow Grabber
  • Marda Scoop
  • Marshmallow
  • Melton John
  • Mittens
  • Monsieur Neige (Mr. Snow)
  • My Fair Bladey
  • Oh Snow You Didn't!
  • Pickle
  • Plow Patrol
  • Plowabunga
  • Plower Power
  • Plowy McPlowface
  • Plow-Zilla
  • Polar Patroller
  • Princess Sleighia
  • Road Zamboni
  • Rocky Mountain Snow Plow
  • Saltbertasaurus Rex
  • Schneepflug (snow plow)
  • si’kssopo (Chinook)
  • Sir Snows-a-Lot
  • Sled Zepplin
  • Slushie
  • S'no Problem
  • Snow Angel
  • Snow Buster
  • Snowcone
  • Snow Destroyer
  • Snow job too small
  • SnowMonster
  • Snow Place Like Home
  • Snowbegone Kenobi
  • Snowflake
  • Snowy
  • Snowy McSnow Face
  • Sparkles
  • Sprinkles
  • Supertruck
  • Susie Snow Plow
  • Sweet Child o' Brine
  • The Penguin Plow
  • The Plowtypus
  • Winter Sprinter
  • Wow Plow
  • You're a Blizzard, Harry!
  • YYC Plowers

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    • Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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