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Tens Of Thousands In Canada Still Without Power

Published December 25, 2013 at 1:05 PM EST

Toronto in the aftermath of the storm an ice storm downed trees and brought single digit temperatures to Canada and parts of Michigan, Vermont and Maine(Roozbeh Rokni/Flickr)

From Ontario to Nova Scotia, tens of thousands of people are still without power in Canada after a weekend ice storm that took down trees and power lines.

Temperatures have dipped into the single digits and at least five people are dead, two of them from carbon monoxide poisoning after resorting to burning charcoal or propane to stay warm.

The CBC’s John Northcott joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss the latest on the storm’s aftermath.

CBC News: Ice storm means dark Christmas for tens of thousands

Guest

John Northcott, reporter for CBC News. He tweets @jnorthcottCBC.