Quebec’s hydro utility says more than 80,000 customers are still without power following last weekend’s violent storm that left a trail of damage from Gatineau to Quebec City.
Hydro-Québec president Sophie Brochu and vice-president of operations and maintenance Régis Tellier told reporters the utility hopes to restore power to more than 50,000 people by the end of the day.
They say the majority of customers still in the dark should get their power back by the end of Thursday.
But people in more remote areas of the province will have to wait until Saturday—one week since the storm levelled trees and power lines across the province and in Ontario….