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Planned power outage in Merlin

Residents living in Merlin will be in the dark for a few hours on Sunday morning.

Entegrus said approximately 1,200 of the customers in the town and surrounding communities will be without power from 6 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 1.

The planned outage is so Hydro One can perform system upgrades.

Entegrus is notifying its customers via telephone.

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