In Montreal, more than 1,000 homes have been left in the dark for the past 48 hours as a power outage drags on the city’s St-Michel neighbourhood.
Hydro-Québec says its crews are working to restore the grid as families across several blocks remain in the cold since the weekend.
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“We can’t do anything to stay warm. We all slept in one bed,” one woman told Global News in an interview Monday.
Hydro-Québec officials say they can’t promise when the lights and heat will be back on, but remain confident it will be in the next 24 hours.
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In the meantime, warming centres have been opened to keep residents safe from the winter elements.
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— with files from Global’s Kalina Laframboise
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