Storm turns uglier. Hydro-Quebec seeks help. Armed Forces reach Montreal. Quebec power grid near-collapse. Number of homes without power peaks at 1.4 million, affecting three million people.
Power starts returning.
Cold threatens 900,000 Quebec households without electricity. Canadian Forces get power to arrest anyone stealing in storm-ravaged Quebec. Most of Montreal on line. Outages still plague south shore, parts of rural Quebec, Ontario. Schoolchildren head back to classes for first time since storm hit.