This weekend's weather, which has already set several records in places around northern Ontario, has also set off a chain of frost advisories across the southern part of the province.

The leftover April chill will be replaced by a warmer-than-normal pattern for most of the country later in May and early June.

"It's almost as if normal doesn't happen any more," says David Phillips, Environment Canada's chief meteorologist.

Temperatures could hit the low -20s C, which, combined with wind, creates a wind chill approaching -40 C.

It will indeed be a cold and snowy winter for a large chunk of the country.

As of noon Sunday, about 139,000 Quebec clients remained without power. But that number has steadily dropped since it peak on Friday, when nearly one million clients were plunged into darkness.

Getting the flu shot is the best thing you can do to protect yourself (and others) at this time of year.

The report gives short shrift to those continuing to doubt the impact of human-caused climate change.

Several cities across the eastern part of Canada and the U.S. hit over 40 C with the humidity thanks to what meteorologists are calling a "heat dome."

Temperatures are forecast to reach 34 C in Toronto and 30 in Montreal on Friday — not including the humidity.