Ontario was struck by a long and damaging ice storm over the weekend causing widespread damage to trees and power lines across several regions, leaving hundreds of thousands of households without power.
Thousands of homes and businesses remained in the dark March 31 across central and eastern Ontario with the outages stretching as far north as Subury, according to the Hydro One outage map.
The cleanup efforts may be further hindered by strong winds expected throughout the day. Environment Canada posted several weather advisories in areas across the province, warning of high winds that could cause additional damage.
Northwest wind gusts of up to 50 kilometres per hour are expected to begin late this morning and last into the evening hours, the weather agency said….