Hydro One crews making repairs 
- 2016 (BlackburnNews.com file photo)Hydro One crews making repairs - 2016 (BlackburnNews.com file photo)
Midwestern

Hydro One Summarizes Damage

Hydro One has tallied up the damage from the ice storm.

Crews cleared more than 50,000 trees, replaced over 180 poles, 41 transformers, and 141 cross arms as well as kilometres of line after the freezing rain and wind swept through southern parts of the province. Lightning and flooding also made work difficult.

At the height of the work, more 125,000 customers were in the dark.

Customers kept the call centre very busy with 150,000 calls, an average of 35 calls per minute, across the five days.

The clean-up job will continue as trees and equipment weakened by the storm will be cleared.

A workforce of more than 1,200 was on the job over the holiday weekend.

Read More Local Stories

Photo by Sarah Joy via Flickr

Owen Sound Library session gets cyclists ready to roll

Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires because cycling season is officially upon us! If your trusty two-wheeler is looking a bit more "rusty" than "ready," the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has just the thing to get you back on the road safely.