Patrick Trudel

Yesterday's severe #thunderstorms caused #outages across the province, especially in Lanaudière, Montérégie and Montreal. We still have around 200,000 customers without power right now, and 400 teams on the ground working to restore their service. Some teams are currently traveling to the most affected areas to assist in recovery efforts. In twelve hours yesterday, we resupplied 50% of the customers affected by the event. Due to the scale of the event, and the complexity of certain work to be carried out, it is unfortunately not possible for us to indicate recovery times for most addresses. When a team has assessed the work involved for a specific outage, a deadline will be entered, taking into account the situation observed. Some more severe outages could last a few more days, but our employees will continue to work until everyone is back on duty. We remind you that it is optimal to unplug the energy-intensive devices in your home in anticipation of the return of electricity, to avoid overloading the network.

#Flames have to trade up now and select Michkov, right?

Finally, on #Flames: Bit of a surprise. Told Mikael Backlund is also leaning toward not re-signing in Calgary. That could change, and Flames hope it does. He's been a staple for 15 years. Nonetheless, Craig Conroy has decisions to make.