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Montreal ice storm of 1961
Canadians had never before endured a natural disaster like the ice storm of 1998. A difficult morning of car scraping quickly turned into a state of emergency from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec. Millions huddled in the dark by their fireplaces. Many suffered from hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. Heavy ice sheets toppled huge power pylons and in just six days an electrical system that took decades to create was razed.
Program: CBC News Roundup
Broadcast Date: Feb. 27, 1961
Guest(s):
Host: Bruce Rogers
Reporter: Ray Chaisson
Duration: 1:46
Last updated: December 13, 2012
Page consulted on March 22, 2013
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Quebecers may be without hydro for three more days.
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One in four homes are without power in the capital.
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Montrealers wake up with their windshields sheathed in ice and sidewal...
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Quebec and eastern Ontario have now been suffering through three days ...
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State of emergency declared for the first time in city's history.
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A day braving the storm.
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A tree pathologist says Montreal is going to look a whole lot differen...
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Giselle Van Lieu whips up dinner by the light of several candles.
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Montreal's entire south shore still lives without electricity.
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Reporter Danny Globerman details the fallout.
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Ice storm passengers get fed up with 18-hour ride.
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During the disaster, dozens of people unwilling to leave their homes a...
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Quebecers recuperating in Florida after ice storm hit by tropical stor...
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In anticipation of winter, people who lived through the 1998 ice storm...
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People across the country inundate charities with phone calls asking w...
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The reasons residents went without power for so long during and after ...
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Outside of Susan Johnson's front window, a silvery veneer of ice cover...
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Canadians had never before endured a natural disaster like the ice sto...