Ice storm: About 33,000 customers still in the dark
Last weekend’s ice storm left some 300,000 Toronto customers without power at the peak of the crisis.
Toronto District School Board spokeswoman Shari Schwartz-Maltz said there are still about 200 schools suffering outages, and all facilities will be closed for safety inspection.
Schwartz-Maltz added that the closure includes some 300 child care units, and the inspections involve more than 600 sites, many of which suffered roof damage, water seepage or flooding.
Power Steam reported 956 customers still without heat and light in York Region Friday morning. Veridian Connections said 1,000 homes had no electricity in Ajax-Pickering as of noon Dec. 26. In Oshawa, fewer than 150 customers were still in the dark Friday morning, Oshawa PUC said.