Spooked by storm, Montreal postpones Halloween festivities

Montreal is joining several municipalities across Quebec in urging trick-or-treaters to delay going door-to-doorfor Halloween until Friday, due toascary weather forecast that includes heavy rain and high winds.

Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon.

Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the city and area, calling for between 40 and 70 millimetres of rain with winds gusting to 80 kilometres per hour between Thursday night and Friday morning.

The weather agency warns that people should be on the lookout for flash floods and water accumulation on the roads.

And yet, some 500 kilometres to the northwest inRouyn-Noranda,15 to 25 centimetres of snow areexpected, but there are no plans in that community to cancel trick-or-treating.

Other municipalities outside Montreal have also postponed Halloween, includingMagog,Trois-Rivires, Drummondville, Longueuil, Saint-Lambert, Sainte-Julie, Sorel-Tracy and Mont-Saint-Hilaire.

Laval officials have said people can choose whether to go out trick-or-treating on either Thursday or Friday night.

Wednesday evening, Pointe-Claire, Westmount and Trois-Rivires joined the list.

Ahead of Plante's announcement, one mother of two in Montreal's Ville Saint-Pierre neighbourhood organized a trick-or-treating eventWednesday.

When Megan Bradleyheardbad weather was coming, she started talking with other parents at the bus stop Wednesday morning. With the help of a neighbour, she went door-to-doorasking everybody with a decorated house to join.

She said that's plenty for her three-year-old son and five-year-old daughter.

"It's just encouraging community and encouraging neighbours to talk to each other human interaction that is just rare these days. Halloween should be fun,"Bradley said.

"People that have been home have been like 'Yeah, I'm down.' So I'm excited."

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Here is a non-exhaustive list of the municipalities that have postponed trick-or-treating: