Pimicikamak Cree Nation not likely to see power restored until Jan. 1: Manitoba Hydro
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More residents from a northern Manitoba First Nation are temporarily leaving their homes as Manitoba Hydro’s efforts to restore power to the community have been delayed again.
Crews working in Pimicikamak Cree Nation have said that repairs will take until around 6 p.m. on New Year's Day due to the remote location "and the terrain [being] much more difficult" than originally believed, Manitoba Hydro spokesperson Peter Chura said in a Tuesday interview with CBC Radio's Up to Speed.
Pimicikamak Chief David Monias declared a state of emergency on the reserve Monday, after a power line crossing the Nelson River about 10 kilometres north of the community of Cross Lake snapped, triggering a power outage late Sunday evening.
Multiple busloads of residents from Pimicikamak have since been taken to Thompson, about 125 kilometres to the north, and Winnipeg, about 750 kilometres south, where they are staying in hotels.
"We filled up three hotels [Monday] night in Thompson and then we secured some hotels here [in Winnipeg]," Pimicikamak Coun. Shirley Robinson told CBC late Tuesday afternoon.
The Red Cross is helping with emergency services, she said.
Dozens of other residents have also left the community to stay with friends and family in other areas, said Robinson.
She was in Winnipeg for emergency meetings and to welcome Pimicikamak residents to the city for what she hopes is a short stay.
It’s not the celebration to ring in the new year that residents anticipated, she said.
"Everybody was looking forward to this holiday, and then all of this is transpiring, and it's affecting families now in terms of their wellness, their health, safety and their necessities," said Robinson.
"It's become a life and death situation here … with these kinds of temperatures out there in the north."
Residents were told Monday that power could be restored by 5 p.m. Tuesday. That estimate was later amended to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, before being pushed back to New Year's Day.
But Robinson isn’t convinced that Hydro will be able to get the power back on by late Thursday.
"I'm not crossing my fingers on it, because when Jan. 1 comes, it could be another issue," she said. "It's pretty hard to get the exact restoration date and time"
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