State of emergency in N.W.T. town

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# }- v  g4 o1 y/ }The town of Norman Wells, N.W.T., declared a state of emergency Monday after an early morning power outage caused an interruption to the town's natural gas service as the temperatures dip below -40 C.
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6 D0 _+ Y# {/ O  ?At about 3 a.m. local time, the Imperial Oil oilfield in Norman Wells experienced a power outage that affected the company's oil field operations as well as its processing facility, which also provides electricity and natural-gas service for the town, company spokesman Pius Rolheiser said.
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The company is working to restart its field and plant facilities, but in the meantime, the town is operating on a backup electrical generator.
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. N! l! D* X6 S8 c  b6 K7 X8 V" PMost residences in the town are heated by natural gas, though essential-service buildings, including the school and hospital, use heating oil.

9 L7 B* x: {8 _The town has designated places in town where people can go if they get cold.

At 1 p.m. local time, the temperature in Norman Wells was -41 C, according to Environment Canada.