Qulliq Energy Corp. workers repair a broken pole on Niaqunngusiariaq Road, near the city’s aquatic centre, Saturday morning. Power across a big section of the city’s core was disconnected to protect workers, QEC said on Facebook. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Broken utility pole causes power outage across much of Iqaluit
Crews on scene fixing broken pole near city’s aquatic centre most of Saturday morning
Customers in some Iqaluit businesses cheered as the electricity returned around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, after an outage affected a big part of the city’s core much of the morning.
Qulliq Energy Corp. workers were repairing a broken utility pole on Niaqunngusiariaq Road in Iqaluit on Saturday morning.The crew has been on site since before 8:30 a.m.
QEC, which generates and provides electricity throughout Nunavut, posted a message to its Facebook page at around 8 a.m. informing residents of the outage, which extended throughout central Iqaluit.
The company said on Facebook that it had shut power off to the areas around NorthMart, Inuksuk High School, Ventures, and the museum to protect workers who were repairing the broken pole.
Naujaat can replace a pole in 25 minutes. Iqaluit took over 6 hours. Pathetic.
Unionized people take , their time , including lunch breaks
It looks like winter has, once again, surprised the ciry of Iqaluit.
Just looked out my windows. Still no sand. It’s crazy. We should be better at winter than just about everyone else.