CANDY AND BODY HEAT KEPT SIX ALIVE WHILE STUCK IN SNOWSTORM

Six people huddled for warmth and snacked on M&Ms for three nights this week while massive snowdrifts encased their vehicles on a northern Manitoba road. Ernest Castel was in his SUV with his mother and brother when the road conditions deteriorated northwest of Thompson, Man. He says they came across a truck stuck in the snow that happened to be carrying three friends from Marcel Colomb First Nation, where they were heading. The group hunkered down in Castel’s car. RCMP vehicles reached the car on Thursday.