Power outage affecting part of downtown Toronto
A power outage is affecting downtown Toronto from south of Queen Street to the Gardiner Expressway and east of Bathurst Street to Yonge Street on Wednesday, Toronto Hydro said.
The outage happened around 1:30 p.m. Power is expected to return around 5:30 p.m, they said.
“Our crews are on-site at John Transmission Station investigating the cause and we’re working together to restore power as safely and quickly as possible,” Hydro One said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The TTC said the outage has not caused any service disruptions.
OCAD University’s campus building at 230 Richmond St. W. is closed, the university said in a post on X. Power is also out at CBC Toronto’s Front Street building.
Mirvish Productions said the Princess of Wales Theatre was affected, as power went out 20 minutes into the matinee performance of The Lion King.
Although the theatre has a backup generator, the show was cancelled at 1:30 p.m. “when it was clear the regular power source would not return in a timely fashion,” Mirvish spokesperson John Karastamatis said in an email.
“Right now we are contacting all audience members affected and arranging for them to see a future performance of the show at their convenience,” he said.
The theatre’s 7 p.m. performance is expected to go on as scheduled, he said.
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