About 10,000 bars of hand-crafted soaps were affected by the flooding. The bars were no longer fit for retail shelves or gift baskets, but they were still usable. So the company piled them up out front to give away and people made donations in return.

A new wellness centre, called Resilience Montreal will be open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to both men and women. But volunteers are needed to get the project off the ground before winter grips the city.

As trees toppled over, crashing into homes, cars and businesses, Quebecers have been putting in calls to their insurance providers to find out how they can be reimbursed for the damage.

Hydro-Québec is continuing its effort to restore power to thousands of customers after Friday’s storm wreaked havoc on the province’s electrical grid. Meanwhile, municipal officials are calling on Quebec to quickly repair flood-damaged roads.