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A huge weekend storm has left hundreds of thousands of people across southern Ontario facing a possible dark Christmas, after a thick layer of ice caused power outages and major travel disruptions on roads and in the air.
The storm is still hitting the Maritimes, with freezing rain warnings throughout P.E.I. and most of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. There are also winter storm warnings in effect on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, and a freezing rain warning in the Eastern Townships.
The Greater Toronto Area bore the brunt of the storm on Sunday with between 10 and 30 millimetres of ice accumulating on surfaces and trees, and about 228,000 customers still without power early Monday morning.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said early Monday morning that the worst is over, and that it will be business as usual at city hall. He has not declared a state of emergency.
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My power's been out for about 30 hours now, with no estimated time for restoration ("prepare for 72 hours without power" is the general status for the city).Ford won't declare a state of emergency because if he does he'll lose more powers to our deputy mayor (now acting mayor), so the fat shit told people to go to hotels if they're cold.