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Rural power outages scheduled today

Mar 28, 2018 | 8:00 AM

Two power outages are scheduled for today in rural areas.

SaskPower will temporarily shut off service to Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation this afternoon while workers perform maintenance on the local power system. According to the Crown power company, the service interruption will begin at 1 p.m. and will last until 4 p.m., weather permitting.

A second planned outage, also for system maintenance, will affect rural customers southeast of Prince Albert including Elevator Rd. And Silver Willows subdivision. SaskPower said the outage will last from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

SaskPower thanked affected customers for their patience and apologized for the inconvenience.