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Coroner: Montreal Woman Died of Hypothermia During January Blackout

The outage left more than 20,000 customers without service, and the coroner said Padmore’s apartment stayed cold for nearly 36 hours.

Summary by City News
An 87-year-old Montreal woman died of profound hypothermia after spending nearly 36 hours without electricity during a major January power outage, according to a newly released Quebec coroner’s report. Sheila Padmore was found on the floor of her Notre-Dame-de-Grâce apartment on Jan. 25 during a police wellness check. Paramedics found her confused, with extremely cold […]

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Woman, 87, died of hypothermia during Montreal power outage, another, 66, died the day before

A pair of coroner’s reports are shedding light on two women who were discovered dead after the Montreal power outage in January.

·Toronto, Canada
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Montreal GazetteMontreal Gazette
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N.D.G. woman died of hypothermia during extended power outage: coroner

The January death of 87-year-old Sheila Padmore has been ruled accidental.

·Montreal, Canada
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Power Failure on the Island of Montreal, a Coroner Concludes that an Elderly Lady Died of Cold

The coroner Marie-Claude Boutin concludes that one of the two elderly ladies who died during the major power blackout in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Côte-Saint-Luc sector on the island of Montreal last January is very cold.

·Montreal, Canada
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Montreal woman died of hypothermia during January power outage, coroner says

A newly released Quebec coroner's report confirms an 87-year-old Montreal woman died of hypothermia during a prolonged power outage in a period of intense cold earlier this year.

·Ottawa, Canada
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Radio-CanadaRadio-Canada
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January 2026 Failure: a Confirmed Cold-Related Death

A 87-year-old lady lost her life following a failure of Hydro-Québec during the polar vortex of January 2026, concludes a coroner report released at the end of September.

·Montreal, Canada
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Global NewsGlobal News
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Quebec coroner investigating two deaths following freezing cold weather, power outages

Watch Quebec coroner investigating two deaths following freezing cold weather, power outages Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

·Toronto, Canada
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City News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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