Hydro-Québec

A suspected tornado that touched down in southwestern Quebec late Monday afternoon has damaged homes and farm buildings, but a local fire official said no injuries have been reported.

As of 11 p.m., a little more than 60,000 homes and businesses in Quebec were without electricity. The province's power utility said the affected area ranged from Gatineau in the west to Montreal's suburbs, with strong gusts and broken tree branches bringing down power lines. 

More than 120,000 Quebecers found themselves without power on Sunday after snow and strong winds buffeted parts of the province.

Schools can use less energy and still keep students warm if they understand and adapt to the energy needs of each building, researchers from Concordia University found.

Electrical grid upgrades are crucial because households need affordable, reliable power and access to clean technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps.

A critical milestone is on the horizon for Canada's 175-year-long plan to bury its nuclear waste underground, with two pairs of Ontario communities set to decide if they would be willing hosts.

For the first time, a Canadian electric utility announced plans to ensure sufficient clean electricity will be made available to fully support legal climate objectives.

Two different federal infrastructure programs have provided funding for more than 43,000 electric vehicle chargers since 2016, but fewer than one in five of them are actually operational, new data show.

The Crown corporation expects demand for clean energy to increase "significantly" as efforts to reduce carbon emissions continue.

The utility said it was targeted at around 3 a.m. by a denial-of-service assault — when attackers flood an internet server with traffic and overwhelm it, triggering a crash.

Frustration was mounting on Monday for Quebecers still without power five days after a major ice storm, as the province's hydro utility worked to reconnect the remaining homes and businesses cut off from the grid.

A fierce storm system that brought thunder, lightning and freezing rain to parts of Quebec and Ontario has more than a million hydro customers still in the dark.

The federal government is cutting Newfoundland and Labrador out of its East Coast power grid megaproject, giving Quebec an edge over its East Coast competitor as both provinces' utilities seek to expand business beyond their borders.

A Quebec Innu community is suing Hydro-Québec for $2.2-billion, claiming the Churchill Falls hydroelectric station has destroyed a significant part of its traditional territory.

Spokeswoman Lynn St-Laurent said that while the utility would like to tell customers when their electricity will return, it's difficult to estimate because most of those who are still without power are in remote areas and require complex repairs.