Santa Claus isn't coming to town tonight, city says

Charlottetown's Santa Claus tour through Sherwood-Parkdale and the city centre scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed to Saturday due to rain and high winds.

The new Santa tour schedule is:

• Wednesday, Dec. 2:City centre (north of Brighton Road-Euston Street, west of University Avenue, south of Capital Drive).
• Thursday, Dec. 3:East Royalty, Hillsborough Park, and Sherwood-Parkdale (between Brackley Point and St. Peters roads).
• Friday, Dec. 4:Winsloe and West Royalty.
• Saturday, Dec. 5:Sherwood-Parkdale (between Mount Edward and Brackley Point roads) and city centre (north of Euston Street, east of Spring Park Road, and south of Kirkwood Drive-Allen Street).

All tours will begin at 5:30 p.m. and take approximately two hours to complete. Detailed route maps are available at charlottetown.ca/santatours.

The ferry crossings from P.E.I. to Nova Scotia were also cancelled Tuesday due to weather.

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