The pace of power restoration in Quebec was expected to slow down on Saturda, now that hydro crews have dealt with the largest-scale outages caused by this week's deadly ice storm.
Maxime Nadeau, director of energy system control for Hydro-Québec, said nearly 300,000 customers are still in the dark three days after freezing rain sent icy branches crashing down onto power lines, streets and cars.
He said some of the roughly 3,000 remaining outages are in hard-to-access areas or are trickier to resolve, which will also slow the progress. Nadeau said he hopes almost everyone will have their lights on by Sunday, but it may take a little longer for some.As their outages stretch on, Quebec Energy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said grocery stores in affected regions would remain open Sunday, despite the Easter holiday.
In eastern Ontario, Hydro One said nearly 25,000 of its customers were still in the dark on Saturday, while Hydro Ottawa said 5,000 customers were awaiting power as of Friday night.
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