ST. JOHN’S —

Atlantic Canada’s utilities and municipalities dealt with another day of snow and strong winds Monday, while weather-weary residents were outside for yet more shovelling.

Eastern Newfoundland has been hammered by back-to-back storms that together have dumped more than 110 centimetres of snow on the provincial capital in the past week, according to Environment Canada. Paradise, a suburb of St. John’s, has seen more than 150 cm.

Between 30-50 cm were in the forecast for the southeast region of Nova Scotia by dawn on Tuesday. Nova Scotia Power activated its Emergency Operations Centre at 8 a.m. Monday, saying crews were positioned across the province to respond to outages. The wind and snow can weigh down trees and pull branches onto power lines, the utility said.

On Sunday night, St. John’s residents posted on social media looking for help digging out as massive drifts covered doors to homes and basement apartments after a storm that began the night before. The city is requesting permission to start dumping all the snow in the St. John’s harbour, Mayor Danny Breen told reporters on Monday afternoon.

The snowfall ended in eastern Newfoundland on Monday but ramped up in the Maritimes, leaving roughly 7,000 customers without power along Nova Scotia’s southwest shore in the afternoon.

The arrivals and departures boards at the Halifax Stanfield airport were a sea of cancelled flights as a mix of snow and rain descended on the city.

The St. John’s International Airport also cancelled flights for much of the day, resuming operations on Monday evening. “The airport is dealing with higher than usual amounts of snow in our passenger parking lots,” said a post on the X platform.

“We encourage passengers flying out of YYT to consider getting dropped off and leave their vehicle at home over the next few days.”

Environment Canada issued winter storm and snowfall warnings for much of the Maritimes on Monday, as well as southern and northern Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 23, 2026.

Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press