The provincial capital was last hit Sunday with 15 inches of new snow and, as residents began digging out, police were called to a home where a commercial snow blower operator said a 63-year-old man at a neighboring house threatened her with a shotgun, police said.

The man was arrested and charged with negligent use of a firearm after telling officers the woman had been blowing snow onto his property, the Globe and Mail reported.

"People's position is: 'Not in my backyard'," police spokeswoman Sandra Dion said.

In January, another man in the city was arrested for allegedly choking an elderly neighbor after she blew snow on his lawn, CTV News reported.

Similar tensions exist further west in Montreal, where old narrow streets are piled high with snow and fights break out over parking spaces, police there said.

Luc Tremblay, a psychologist near Quebec City, told the Globe and Mail he, too, is feeling the effects of snow rage.

"I like winter and even I'm completely fed up," he said.