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Winds were gusting at up to 100 Kilometres an hour throughout the Day across Ontario the system moving from Windsor up and East of the province where Over 30,000 outages were reported later in the Day said Daniele Gauvin of Hydro one. In All at 7 p. M. Over 234,000 people across Ontario were without Power up from 90,000 earlier in the Day. Hydro one said it could take up to three Days to restore Power to All customers. Power outages in the Ottawa area even delayed games at the Bell Canada cup Junior hockey tournament. This is not going in the direction we would like to see said Gauvin mentioning winds were so Strong they were keeping the Utility yes choppers on the ground and preventing Power Crews out in Large numbers from doing their work. There will be some customers out overnight the winds Are not due to let up until late evening so theress More poles coming Down and More wires. A Bridge connecting Ontario to new York state was temporarily shut Down when a truck was blown onto its Side As it was coming off the u. S. End said the Ontario provincial police which however reported no major injuries from wind related incidents. Freezing rain was a Factor in More than 200 collisions in Eastern Ontario. The High winds in some areas of Ontario forced environment Canada to Issue a wind warning for West Nipissing ont., sunday where winds were knocking Trees onto Power lines and causing Power outages in the Region about 400 Kilometres North of Toronto. Hydro Quebec reported some 56,600 people in the dark Early sunday evening Down slightly from 71,000, As Quebec dealt with High winds and freezing rain. Ten of thousands of these customers were in the out Auais Region and another 9,000 around Montreal. No Power said most of 800 customers who had lost Power in the Moncton area had seen it restored by Early evening. Police in the Waterloo Region of Ontario meanwhile expanded a flood warning saying they expected Waters to Rise in the Nith River sunday with a potential for flows to hit 350 cubic metres per second. The Nith River which snakes around new Hamburg ont., Southwest of Toronto normally has flows of 1.5 cubic metres per second. In Western Canada Snow was melting rapidly in the Vancouver area and on Vancouver Island As temperatures Rose to above 6 a said environment Canada. Both areas were unusually hit hard with snowstorms in the past week. Can West news service High winds lash Ontario and Quebec floods feared As big snowfall melts by Tiffany Crawford and Phil Couvrette Quebec it is a marketing coup that is meant to brew up support for Quebec sovereignty literally. Thirsty Sovereign lists have launched a Beer called Lin dependant in Hopes of stirring up ailing support for sovereignty. The Pale ale dubbed the Beer that will never give in sports a Blue logo with a patriotic looking woman her fist in the air. The slogans Are unequivocal Vive la Biere Libre Long live free Beer and qui Prend Biere Prend pays choosing your Beer is choosing your country. With support for sovereignty at a Low of 37 per cent according to recent polls the Beer might be the closest Quebe cers will get to Independence in the Short term. Weave hit Rock Bottom so i think support for sovereignty is bound to go up from now on said co founder of Lin dependant Jacques Leduc. We have to keep drawing attention to sovereignty talking about it and this is a festive Way to do it he added. The retired teacher said his motivations Are definitely political but stressed his group is not linked to any Sovereign list political party. Those who drink it Are making a symbolic and political gesture Leduc said. They Are saying i want an Independent Quebec he added. Leduc said federalists worry no Federal Grant Money was pumped into the Start up Beer that he says has a taste of Freedom. Leduc and some 20 other investors pitched in a total of $ 22,000 and were granted a loan from a cooperative institution Caisse Populaire Desjardins to produce the Beer that has been available since october in selected Corner stores across the province. The Beer is brewed by two microbreweries in Quebec and Leduc and his associates Are handling the marketing of the Beer. Any profits will be poured into the promotion of sovereignty. Patrick Bourgeois editor of the Sovereign list newspaper be quebecois has a word of advice to offer to Leduc and his associates Good Luck Bourgeois launched the Beer la Militante a few years ago but it did not gain a following. Can West news service new Beer brews up support for a free Quebec Chris Kornacki / can West news service Joah Hernandez 4, looks Over a huge tree that toppled into her front Yard in Windsor ont. Sunday. Jonathan Hayward / the Canadian press Richard Hardy shovels his car out of a Snow Drift sunday in North Vancouver. Natasha Fillion / can West news service Alexandre Beauregard is sales manager for Sovereign list Beer Lin dependant a 08_ dec 29 08. Ind a8 1 2/ 28/ 08 9 25 20 pm ;