Montreal under snowfall warning as bitter cold, power outages continue
CBC
Thousands are still without power in Montreal Sunday, as a polar vortex that brought frigid temperatures to Quebec continues to linger.
As of 5 p.m., there were more than 9,000 customers across the province without power, including some 5,600 on the Island of Montreal with the majority of those affected located in the Côte Saint-Luc and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) areas.
Hydro-Québec spokesperson Cendrix Bouchard said equipment failure at the Hampstead substation caused the outages in Côte Saint-Luc, but he couldn't confirm if the same was true for NDG.
Bouchard said it's not known if the problem is related to the cold, and that further investigation would be needed.
"But right now, the priority is to restore power," he said. "We have a few thousand customers who were back on the grid overnight and we're working on gradually having everybody back with service over the course of today."
Bouchard warned, however, that for some, the lights might not come back on until Monday.
In an update on its website Sunday, the City of Côte Saint-Luc said that the extreme cold and "ongoing technical constraints" were forcing Hydro-Québec to restore power one home at a time, rather than section by section, resulting in a slower pace.
Côte Saint-Luc Mayor David Tordjman said he was hopeful the situation would be resolved by Sunday evening.
He urged residents, however, to minimize their power consumption to avoid overloading the system while repairs are underway.
On Saturday evening, the Canadian Red Cross opened an emergency shelter at the Côte-des-Neiges community centre for residents of Côte Saint-Luc and NDG affected by the outages.
The emergency shelter, and transport services to get there, will be in place again Sunday night.
The City of Côte Saint-Luc also opened the Aquatic and Community Centre (ACC), located at 5794 Parkhaven Ave., Sunday morning for residents in need of a warm space.
Warm beverages and warm showers are available, but all other scheduled activities at the ACC have been cancelled.
Côte Saint-Luc resident Leslie Satenstein hasn't had power in his home since Saturday.
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