The Red Cross continues to operate three comfort centres at St. Margarets Centre, Canada Games Centre, and Dartmouth East Community Centre

NEWS RELEASE

HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY

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Clean-up efforts are currently underway across the municipality and residents are asked to remain off the roads for non-essential travel while work crews focus on priority areas.

While the storm has left the region, crews continue to clear streets and sidewalks, starting with the urban core and spanning out across the region. This work requires crews to be focused on debris removal efforts and having residents out on the streets makes this work more difficult.

It is critical streets are clear of motorists as this will aid emergency first responders who may need to adjust their routes due to debris and blocked streets.

Transportation and Public Works staff will be assisted in their efforts by external service providers to supplement their clean-up efforts.

Halifax Transit is also continuing to suspend service on all routes, including the ferries, for the remainder of the day. An update on the status of service for Monday will be provided later today.

All municipal parks will remain closed today. Staff will be assessing damage throughout the day to see which ones can reopen and when.

Some municipally owned recreation facilities remain without power and will continue to stay closed. Please contact your local facility directly to confirm status of operations and programming.

The Red Cross continues to operate three comfort centres for those displaced during the storm. The locations include St. Margarets Centre, Canada Games Centre, and Dartmouth East Community Centre.

A comfort centre has also been opened In Moser River by the municipality’s Joint Emergency Management volunteers.

For those currently without power, residents are encouraged to turn off all tools, appliances and electronic equipment, and turn the thermostat(s) for the home heating system down to minimum to prevent damage from a power surge when power is restored.

Residents who see significant debris blocking streets, or other safety issues, as a result of the storm should call 311 to provide details for staff.

Please visit Halifax.ca or follow @hfxgov on Twitter for all storm-related updates.

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