The power outage widely reported by media Saturday was no doubt real enough for those caught up in it but for many people who were said to be inside the boundaries of this failure, it just didn’t happen. Individual residents of Merton St., Davisville Ave. and Millwood Rd near Bayview say there was no outage. A man carrying a child through the lighted parking lot of McDowell’s Valumart said: “What outage?” Several businesses on well-lit Bayview Ave where activity was brisk at 5.15 p.m. said there had been no power interruption. The boundaries stated by the CBC from Toronto Hydro were Yonge, St Clair, Eglinton and Bayview. It seems the actual power failure may have been more to the west. St.Clair Ave in Moore Park kept power as did Bennington Heights.
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Bulldog reader Helen Godfrey was in the Second Cup at 642 Mt. Pleasant when the power went out. She notes that back outside, the Sobey’s was dark too but the Pharma Plus had power. It seemed to her that outages were confined to the west side but they were spotty at that. She observes that the Mt. Pleasant and Regent (known to some as the Belsize) had power which she said was a good thing considering the Saturday matinees. Thanks Helen and all others who contributed to this report. If you have a blackout or non-blackout story, please write to The South Bayview Bulldog at news@bayview-news.com
