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    Power Outage

    Planned hydro outage

    Critical hydro maintenance will affect 1,500 Charleswood customers

    Manitoba Hydro customers in Charleswood will be without power on Thursday, August 12, 2021, for critical maintenance. According to the crown corporation crews will be working between 2:00 am and 6:00 am It is estimated that about 1,500 customers will be affected by the outage. READ MORE

    • August 6, 2021
    Severed Gas Line

    Downed power line severs an underground gas line

    Repair crews are still on the scene Friday morning, January 15, 2021, fixing a severed gas line and restoring power to an area in East Kildonan. Around 3:30 am today emergency crews responded an outside fire in the 1000 block of Roch Street. The fire had been caused by a downed power line that somehow READ MORE

    • January 15, 2021
    St. Norbert Power outage

    Equipment problem the cause of pole fire and power outage

    Just after 6:10 pm on Thursday, January 14, 2021, parts of St. Norbert went dark. According to Manitoba Hydro, about 682 customers were affected by the outage that was caused by an equipment problem. Hydro and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service emergency crews responded when residents in the area reported a fire on a pole behind READ MORE

    • January 14, 2021
    Power Outage

    River Heights power outage caused by frayed line

    A power outage in River Heights Saturday night, December 5, 2020, was caused by a frayed line according to hydro workers. Emergency crews were called to the back lane off Centennial Street at Grant Avenue shortly before 9:30 pm. Firefighters put out a small fire on the power line quickly but in order to repair READ MORE

    • December 6, 2020
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    Blackouts hit 3000 hydro customers overnight

    Manitoba Hydro crews were busy over night restoring power to more than 3000 customers after 3 different incidents turned out the lights. Hydro say that a pole fire was responsible for several hundred customers being in the dark in south River Heights just after midnight on Wednesday March 27, 2019. Almost at the same time READ MORE

    • March 27, 2019
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    Vehicle collision responsible for West St. Paul power outage

    Some residents in West St. Paul have to contend with no power after a vehicle collided with a pole earlier today, January 1, 2019. Hydro says 817 customers were without power from about 1:00 pm and were anticipating it would be restored by 3:00 pm. Although power has returned to some residences hydro now says READ MORE

    • January 1, 2019
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    Power outages leave customers hot as temperatures rise

    No power and no airconditioning have thousands of Winnipeggers feeling the heat as the temperature outside rises to record levels. Manitoba Hydro says that two outages affecting more than 4,000 customers occurred on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Just before 1:00 pm  3,400 customers in the Westdale area of the city lost power. #mboutage We have READ MORE

    • August 11, 2018
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    Power outage cancels classes at University of Manitoba

    Classes were cancelled in seven buildings at the University of Manitoba on Monday, April 2, 2018, after a power outage at the Fort Garry campus. The outage began on Sunday, April 1, 2018, and involved more than a dozen buildings on the south Winnipeg campus. The university says that buildings still affected by the outage READ MORE

    • April 2, 2018
    PLANNED OUTAGE GRAPHIC

    Planned hydro outage downtown on Sunday Oct 15

    Manitoba will be cutting power to the downtown and West Broadway areas of the city starting around 3:00 am on Sunday, October 15, 2017. Hydro says that the outage is required to upgrade distribution equipment in the area. It is expected that the replacement work will take about three hours. The outage will be north READ MORE

    • October 13, 2017
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    POWER OUTAGE HITS 1400 CUSTOMERS

        Power Outage         A power outage that hit the downtown core Thursday morning is causing problems for drivers as traffic lights in the area are out. According to Manitoba Hydro the problem is at their King Street substation and is affecting businesses and residential properties in the downtown and Exchange districts. READ MORE

    • December 29, 2016
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