CPL postpones match between Halifax Wanderers and Atlético Ottawa
Posted Sep 15, 2023 02:10:17 PM.
Last Updated Sep 15, 2023 02:21:45 PM.
The Canadian Premier League announced that a matchup between Atlético Ottawa and the Halifax Wanderers Football Club is being postponed due to inclement weather in Halifax.
The match between the two clubs was scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept. 16, and is now scheduled to happen on Monday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. AT
Saturday’s CPL match between @HFXWanderersFC and @atletiOttawa has been postponed due to inclement weather in Halifax.
Kickoff has been rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. AT/6 p.m. ET. The match will be broadcast on @onesoccer. #CanPL pic.twitter.com/H2ZtJQldmt
— Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) September 15, 2023
Hurricane Lee is expected to move into western Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick on Saturday, bringing heavy rains, high winds, and powerful waves, Environment Canada said in an update Friday morning.
Environment Canada has issued hurricane watches for Halifax Metro, Halifax County West, Halifax County east of Porters Lake, Lunenburg County along with the southwestern Nova Scotia counties of Digby, Queens, Shelburne and Yarmouth, where hurricane-strength winds could gust as high as 120 kilometres per hour on Saturday. As well, a hurricane watch is in effect for Grand Manan and the southern coast of Charlotte County in New Brunswick, where gusts across the Bay of Fundy could also reach 120 km/h.
Environment Canada issues these watches when hurricane-force winds could threaten the area within 36 hours, according to the agency’s website. A watch does not mean a hurricane is definitely going to hit. It’s a warning to everyone in the area to be prepared to act quickly if it does.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax said Thursday that Lee’s track could take the storm anywhere between southwestern New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia.
With files from The Canadian Press.
