Tens of thousands of Canadians may have to spend the rest of Dec. 24 as well as Christmas  Day without electricity, as a winter storm continues across the country.
Hydro-Québec said at around 1 p.m. EST on Dec. 24 that over 300,000 of its customers were still without power, while its workers are rushing to restore service.
“Today we have a strike force of more than 1,200 workers. The storm is not over and the difficult weather conditions could affect the work of the teams on the ground,” the company said in French on social media.
“Unfortunately, it is not possible to give recovery times at this time; we see the damage as we progress through the terrain.”…