A spring storm that hit Quebec and Ontario on April 4 knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers, closed schools and blanketed Montreal with heavy, wet snow.
In Quebec, more than 163,000 homes and businesses were without electricity as of 4 p.m. The province’s power utility said the affected area ranged from Gatineau in the west to Montreal’s suburbs, with strong gusts and broken tree branches bringing down power lines.
