High winds knock out power for 10,000 Pontiac residences
June 2, 2026
The violent winds that swept the Pontiac on Friday evening brought trees and other debris crashing down on powerlines across the territory, leaving over 10,000
The violent winds that swept the Pontiac on Friday evening brought trees and other debris crashing down on powerlines across the territory, leaving over 10,000
As of 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Hydro-Québec estimated power would be restored to most homes between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Hydro-Québec has put forward a proposal for where it will build the new transmission lines that will connect the Cadieux substation to the new substation
Helen Routliffe has long been an active member of her community. She has been involved in several organizations, from various chapters of the local Women’s
Hydro-Québec said its expects power will be restored to most homes by midnight Mar. 12.
School boards have cancelled buses and announced schools and daycares will be closed because of the weather.
A spokesperson said they were suspended in connection with “serious breaches.”
Over 2,000 residents in the upper Pontiac endured some portion of the weekend’s cold snap without any electricity after the power grid, overloaded from the
A group from Alleyn and Cawood says the comparative factor has got to go.
Brett Thoms Pontiac February 6, 2023 A serious power outage over the weekend affected hundreds of households across the municipalities of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Chichester, Sheenboro and
The violent winds that swept the Pontiac on Friday evening brought trees and other debris crashing down on powerlines across the territory, leaving over 10,000 residences in the dark that night. In an email Saturday, Hydro-Québec spokesperson Annie Beaudoin said
As of 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Hydro-Québec estimated power would be restored to most homes between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Hydro-Québec has put forward a proposal for where it will build the new transmission lines that will connect the Cadieux substation to the new substation it plans to build in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. Last May, the hydro provider announced plans to build
Helen Routliffe has long been an active member of her community. She has been involved in several organizations, from various chapters of the local Women’s Institute to her church, but one place that’s near and dear to her heart is
Hydro-Québec said its expects power will be restored to most homes by midnight Mar. 12.
School boards have cancelled buses and announced schools and daycares will be closed because of the weather.
A spokesperson said they were suspended in connection with “serious breaches.”
Over 2,000 residents in the upper Pontiac endured some portion of the weekend’s cold snap without any electricity after the power grid, overloaded from the surge in electrical demand as the temperatures hovered around -30 C, shut down just before
A group from Alleyn and Cawood says the comparative factor has got to go.
Brett Thoms Pontiac February 6, 2023 A serious power outage over the weekend affected hundreds of households across the municipalities of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Chichester, Sheenboro and Waltham, as temperatures dipped as low as -35 celsius. The power outage began around 1
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