Power Outage News in Canada
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Power out in parts of eastern Ontario
High winds rolled through the region, knocking out power to tens after powerful winds rolled through the region. A Hydro One spokesperson told CBC News in an interview Sunday morning that approximately 260 customers were without power across the Ottawa region
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Power outage impacted almost 2000 customers
Power restored after outage in Kitchener. Initially, almost 1,500 customers were without power. The outage prompted the Kitchener Public Library to close all of its locations, and the Centre in the Square closed its box office.
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Power outage affecting several homes west of Townline
A power outage, the cause of which is still undetermined, is underway west of Townline. Line crews are currently on site investigating the cause of the outage.
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Over 3,000 customers without power
A power outage in the Red Bluff area left 2,525 customers without power. A power pole caught fire off of Gilmore Road could be the outage cause.
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Emergency power outage leaves thousands in the dark
An emergency power outage has left over 13,000 residents in western P.E.I. without electricity. Crews were working and solved the problem to restore the service
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Pole fire leads to power outage
Manitoba Hydro says a pole fire in the Charleswood area has led to power outages for about 2,000 customers. In a tweet, they said crews were dealing with the fire on Roblin Boulevard just east of Berkley Street.
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People without power following outage in downtown Victoria
A power outage in downtown Victoria has left more than 1,800 people in the dark, according to BC Hydro. Crews were assigned and en route to get the power restored. Service was later restored.
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Customers impacted by power outage in Waterford
Thousands of customers in the Waterford area are impacted by a power outage caused by a hydro pole fire. Crews were working and restored service a couple of hours later.
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Ottawa Power Outages
Power was back on for hundreds of customers in downtown Ottawa following a massive power outage. Hydro Ottawa reported several areas without power on and around Somerset Street, as well as in the south end of the Golden Triangle and at the Rideau Centre mall. A tweet from Hydro Ottawa says the outage was caused by animal contact.
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More than 16,500 customers lose power
An unplanned power outage in the Fredericton area was affecting 16,653 customers, but lights started coming back on within half an hour. Power was restored to all customers. Belliveau said the cause of the outage seems to have been an equipment issue at a substation, but more review will be done to assure this.
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Power restored for almost all New Brunswick customers
Thousands of people were without power in southern and central New Brunswick, with around 7,000 customer according to N.B. Power's online outage list. The majority of the outages were in Charlotte County in the southwest.
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Without power in Clayton Park after unexpected substation damage Social Sharing
A long day without power for approximately 9,000 or so residents living in Halifax's Lacewood area. Nova Scotia Power says power was lost after unexpected damage to equipment at one if its substations
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Ontario at ‘elevated risk’ for power outages due to nuclear refurbishments
Ontario’s energy minister insists the province “has lots of power” and says a forecast leaning towards a hotter-than-normal summer is not a recipe for brownouts or rolling blackouts as critics might suggest.
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Power outage on the hottest day of the year so far
A power outage in Solano County left more than 3,500 Pacific Gas and Electric customers without electricity. Power was restored a couple of hours later. According to PG&E, the cause of the outage is under investigation.
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Thousands lose power in widespread Sonoma County outage
A transmission line failure caused a power outage for the entire city of Healdsburg, plus about 6,000 other Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers in northern Sonoma County, officials said. Later, PG&E restored power for almost everyone involved. The transmission line failure was the result of damaged PG&E equipment in Cloverdale, according to Contreras. The cause of the damage is under investigation.
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Power outage leaves thousands without electricity
About 5,000 homes and businesses in Brampton were affected by a power outage. According to Alectra Utilities, 4,654 homes and businesses were without electricity because of the outage around Vodden Street and Main Street in Brampton. Service was later restored.
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Thousands of Quebec residents without power after ice storm
Power has been restored to over 90 per cent of the more than one million customers who lost electricity after last week's ice storm. More than 20,000 customers remained without power across the province.
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Power outages surpass 527K as freezing rain pounds Quebec
Heavy freezing rain knocked out power for tens of thousands of homes as a spring storm descended on Quebec. Hydro-Québec reported about 527,000 households were without electricity for a couple of hours, with the majority in Montreal area, followed by the Montérégie and Outaouais regions.
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Cambridge affected by a power outage after a truck hit a power pole
Nearly 200 homes were affected by a power outage after a truck ran over a power pole on the north side of the 401. According to Waterloo Regional Police, a dump truck struck a utility pole and overturned. One hundred eighty-six customers lost power as a result of the incident, according to Energy Plus.
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Power outages on the Central Coast caused by storms
Heavy rain and gusty winds were creating power outages across parts of the Central Coast. According to the PG&E outage map, more than 6000 customers on the Monterey Peninsula were without power. PG&E reports the outage was caused by weather.
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Vancouver area power outage leaves 4,500 residents without electricity
Trees fell on power lines, power lines fell to the ground, and appliances failed, leaving more than 4,500 Metro Vancouver residents without power. In the city of Vancouver, about 380 people were without power, and BC Hydro said there were small power outages at university campuses. The largest outages are occurring in East Vancouver.
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Second day without power, restoration could take hours
Many Redwood City residents spent the night in the cold after high winds blew down trees and power lines, causing much of the city to go dark. More than 64,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area remain without power amid high winds that started to blow through the region a day earlier, according to the utility.
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More than 13,000 customers without power
Several power outages in southern Manitoba, caused more than 13,000 customers to lose power. It notes that these outages are likely due to storm conditions. Crews across the province were working as quickly and safely as possible to restore the power.
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Store closed due to a power outage
The Costco in East Gwillimbury was close due to a power problem in the store. However, shortly before noon, the power came back on and the store was able to re-open. Administration at the store would not comment on what caused the issue, but staff confirmed the power was restored, and the store was up and running
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Power outages caused by storm
Power outages caused by the destructive storm that swept across Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec stretched into the fourth day.