N.S. digging out after another winter storm
In Halifax, residents were chipping away at the ice on Monday morning. Salt shortages were widely reported online across the municipality, as people tried to stock up amidst all the freezing rain.
Many were still reeling from a winter storm last Thursday that closed schools and led to dangerous road conditions.
"Literally last week my girlfriend's car got written off because a car slid into it due to the weather in our neighbourhood," said Dylan Purchase, who was shovelling out.
"It's all black ice … so it makes it hard to get to work and stuff. It's just been pretty chaotic."
One Haligonian, lacking an ice pick, was using a practice golf club to hack away at the ice in his driveway.
"It's proved quite effective at breaking up the ice," said Bruce Rands.
Power outages were reported throughout the province on Monday, but as of 2 p.m., less than 1,000 customers were without power.
Marine Atlantic cancelled Monday night's sailings between North Sydney, N.S., and Port aux Basques, N.L., due to the weather.
A wind warning was in effect for much of the province, with winds of up to 90 km/h expected.
The strongest gusts were expected along the coast, said Environment Canada.
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