Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm

MONTREAL: Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power on Friday , two days after an ice storm killed two people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal."We have restored power to over 50 per cent of the customers affected by the outages," said electricity provider Hydro-Quebec.

Some homes though will be without electricity until Sunday, potentially Monday, said Hydro-Quebec spokesman Regis Tellier.Montreal, which accounted for about half of the outages, opened six temporary emergency shelters where residents without power spent the night. Rosalie Gouba, accompanied by her mother and two sons aged eight and three, said she was sorry to have had to throw away next month's food supplies and to see the blackout continue.

Health officials in Montreal also recorded about 60 reports of carbon monoxide poisoning, after families has used indoor barbecues to keep warm.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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