OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford pledged the province’s full support to Ottawa residents recovering from Friday’s tornadoes as he met with some of those hardest hit. Ford made the pledge Sunday after he arrived in Dunrobin, the Ottawa neighbourhood struck by tornadoes that snapped power lines and levelled homes. Meeting people at a local high school who had been displaced by the storm, Ford offered his sympathies and reassurances. At one point more than 200,000 hydro customers were blacked out, but as of Sunday morning, the Hydro Ottawa and Hydro Quebec websites reported the number had been reduced to fewer than 80,000 — 70,000 in the Ottawa area and 8,300 in the Outaouais region, which encompasses Gatineau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also tweeted Saturday that he’d spoken with the mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau to offer federal assistance.

Source: National Post September 23, 2018 11:59 UTC