Emergency crews rushed to restore power and clear roads on Sunday a day after a deadly and destructive storm swept across southern Ontario and Quebec.
The true toll of Saturday’s storm is still unclear, but police say at least seven people died from falling trees in the strong winds while an eighth died when the boat she was in capsized on the Ottawa River near Masson−Angers, Que.
As of Saturday the known victims in Ontario included a 44−year−old man who died in Greater Madawaska west of Ottawa, a woman in her 70s out for a walk in Brampton, a 59−year−old man on a golf course in Ottawa and one person killed in their camping trailer near Pinehurst Lake in Waterloo Region….