Tag Archives: Weather
Fiona fallout: Nova Scotia premier blasts cellphone companies' lack of co-operation
HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province, saying too many residents were still without cellphone service four days ...
Sep 28, 2022
Trudeau says stronger infrastructure needed after viewing Fiona damage in Maritimes
STANLEY BRIDGE, P.E.I. - Justin Trudeau travelled Tuesday to Nova Scotia and P.E.I., where he pledged to find ways to build more resilient infrastructure after inspecting the extensive damage caused b...
Sep 27, 2022
In Port aux Basques, N.L., residents reeling after Fiona destroys dozens of homes
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - Jocelyn Gillam knows she's lucky to be alive after coming face-to-face with the post-tropical storm that destroyed part of her southwestern Newfoundland town and nearl...
Sep 26, 2022
Warm me up when September ends: Upper ridge to bring sunshine, heat to Prairies
For the rest of this week, Prince Albert and area will get the kind of warm, sunny days you probably associate with June rather than September. Environment Canada forecasts a daytime high of at least ...
Sep 26, 2022
Fiona fallout: Losses being tallied as hundreds of soldiers arrive for cleanup duty
STANLEY BRIDGE, P.E.I. - Phyllis Carr's voice broke with emotion as she surveyed damage to the historic town of Stanley Bridge, a small community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. "It's very...
Sep 26, 2022
Hurricane Fiona wreaks havoc in eastern Canada
As Hurricane Fiona rips through parts of Atlantic Canada, many people are feeling shaken up.Catherine McNutt describes the storm as one of the worst she has ever seen with lots of fallen trees, pools ...
Sep 25, 2022
After Fiona: storm recovery begins as police confirm first fatality
A day after post-tropical storm Fiona left a trail of destruction across Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec, residents of a devastated coastal town in western Newfoundland learned one of their own was...
Sep 25, 2022
Fiona hits Newfoundland: Houses collapse, resident rescued after she is swept to sea
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - Neighbours pulled a woman from the waters off southwestern Newfoundland early Saturday after a storm surge caused by post-tropical storm Fiona enveloped her home, caus...
Sep 24, 2022
Military to be deployed to Nova Scotia to assist recovery after Fiona lashes region
SYDNEY, N.S. - Post-tropical storm Fiona, one of the strongest storms to ever strike Eastern Canada, left a trail of destruction in its wake early Saturday before lingering over western Newfoundland, ...
Sep 24, 2022
'Very powerful' post-tropical storm Fiona knocks out power in Nova Scotia, P.E.I.
HALIFAX - High winds knocked out power in thousands of homes in Nova Scotia and P.E.I. Friday night as people in Atlantic Canada began feeling the wrath of post-tropical storm Fiona. Environment Canad...
Sep 23, 2022