Manitoba Hydro said Thursday it is restoring power to residents of a northern First Nation after a downed power line forced residents out. Completion of the challenging repairs came a day after the chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to send in the military to deal with the crisis caused by the outage. The community has been without power since late Sunday when a line crossing the Nelson River snapped. Manitoba Hydro said in a statement it would gradually restore power to customers in stages Thursday to avoid overloading the system and potentially damaging equipment. Electric furnaces and other equipment can draw very heavy current as they initially come online in cold weather, the utility said in a statement. “Manitoba Hydro staff are working closely with…
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