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Thousands of homes in our region are without power today.

Hydro One says 35 thousand homes in Penetanguishene, Orillia, Huntsville and Bracebridge are in the dark.

That’s out of a total of 45 thousand hydro one customers across the province without power.

About 27 hundred homes in Collingwood, Essa Township and Sunnidale Corners are also without power.

Hydro One Spokesperson Corey Labatt says the wintery weather has knocked out the power and downed trees.

He says their helicopters are grounded so they can’t even assess some of the damage in some more remote areas.

Labatt says they will bringing in crews from across the province to get power back on hopefully by the end of the day, but some homes may have to go another night without hydro.

He adds power is likely to go off and on through out the day as the storm continues, particularly to the north of us.