Significant
snowfall has caused difficult road conditions throughout eastern Ontario and southern
Quebec. These conditions are expected to
continue until late Thursday. In addition,
there are wide areas of power outages in both regions.
Service
delays should be expected in eastern Ontario and southern Quebec today.
We
appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience(s) experienced
related to these delays.
High
winds along with heavy rain and snow are expected through Ontario and Quebec
starting this evening and continuing until Friday. The winter storm is predicted to cause difficult
driving conditions over the next few days, particularly in eastern Ontario and
Quebec as accumulations of 20 centimetres are expected in some areas.
Service
delays should be expected on traffic moving between Ontario and Quebec.
We
appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience(s) experienced
related to these delays.
Monday, February 19th, is the provincial statutory
holiday, Family Day. All operations in Ontario will be
closed in recognition of the holiday. Operations in the province of
Quebec will remain open.
Pick-up, delivery, or line-haul services in Ontario on Monday can
be accommodated through our Priority Service. The Priority Team
is available by email at priorityshipment@speedy.ca.
Any request(s) should be made today to allow the proper planning of resources.
A severe winter storm has caused
difficult conditions through widespread areas of the United Sates. Power
outages, highway closures and extreme freeze conditions persist in many areas.
Delays can be expected on traffic
moving between the United States and Canada throughout this week.
We appreciate your patience and
apologize for any inconvenience(s) experienced related to these delays.
Livingston International has been experiencing system outage issues since early yesterday morning. As of this morning, Livingston is reporting that the issues/outages persist and that they are working diligently to resolve them.
This will create delays with international traffic where Livingston is involved.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience(s) experienced related to these delays.
Early this morning, US Customs & Border Protection
(CBP) reported system issues with their ACE portal and EDI messaging. This has caused delays and a backlog with
traffic moving from Canada into the US overnight.
This morning CBP reported that the system issues continued
to be worked but were not yet resolved.
Customers should expect delays on traffic into the US
and, consequently, northbound movements also.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any
inconvenience(s) experienced related to the delays.
The ongoing strike action by the Public Service
Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is causing delays with the clearance of northbound
shipments moving from the United States into Canada. PSAC represents 20% of support staff at the
Canada Border Service Agency.
These disruptions are expected to continue until the
strike is resolved.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and
assure you that we are doing everything possible to minimize the impact of this
strike on our customers. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide
updates as necessary.
There are extensive power outages throughout eastern
Ontario and Quebec following an ice storm late yesterday. Crews are actively working to clear the downed
power lines and trees that are limiting traffic in some areas. Officials in both provinces have reported
that the required repairs are extensive and will continue well into the
weekend.
Delays should be expected from the Brockville and
Montreal service terminals.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any
inconvenience(s) experienced related to these delays.
Rain combined with plummeting temperatures caused
hazardous road conditions across southern and eastern Ontario overnight. All eastbound lanes of Highway 401 were
closed near Kingston early this morning due to multiple collisions and currently
remain closed.
The same system is now causing freezing rain and snow in
southern Quebec that is expected to last until late tonight. Traffic throughout Montreal and the South
Shore is slow moving due to hazardous road conditions.
Pick up and delivery delays should be expected in the
Brockville and Montreal service areas.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any
inconvenience(s) experienced related to these delays.
Heavy snow in the area of London, ON and north towards
Lake Huron is causing hazardous road conditions. High winds and as much as 8 inches of snow
are expected today.
Pick up and delivery delays can be expected in the London
Terminal service area.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any
inconvenience(s) experienced related to these delays.
