Power restored in Preston after outage

By Natasha O'Neill

Posted Oct 28, 2025 03:27:03 PM.

Last Updated Oct 28, 2025 04:42:50 PM.

Thousands of homes and businesses were without power on Tuesday afternoon in a portion of Cambridge’s northwest area.

According to the GrandBridge Energy, an outage affected most of the Preston community shortly before 3 p.m.

The outage spanned from part of Hespeler Road, to King Street East, across Highway 401 and as far north as Maple Grove Road.

Just over 3,500 customers were impacted. Power was restored in the area around 4:30 p.m.

A request has been sent to GrandBridge Energy for information on what caused the outage.

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