Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
Jul 22, 2026
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Update: Power restored for thousands after outages in Laval
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MONTREAL NEWS
Update: Power restored for thousands after outages in Laval
The blackouts occurred less than 24 hours after much of southern Quebec was subject to severe thunderstorm watch alerts.
The utility said an equipment failure knocked out electricity to nearly 44,000 residents. (Allen McInnis/Montreal Gazette)
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Montreal Gazette
July 22, 2026 at 9:47 a.m.
Last Updated: July 22, 2026 at 10:34 a.m.
Power had been restored to all but a handful of Hydro-Québec customers in Laval after an apparent equipment failure knocked out electricity to nearly 44,000 residences and businesses Wednesd…
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