OTTAWA, Jan. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- As many as 100,000 people in Canada's Ontario were left without power Sunday after high winds and heavy,

    wet snow brought down power lines in the south-west and central regions of the province.

    Some of the people have been left without electricity since Saturday evening, amid temperatures that dropped to about -4 degrees Celsius in many areas, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

    The province's electricity distribution utility, Hydro One, saidits teams were racing to restore power. "We've got our restoration process in full gear," Hydro One official Al Manchee said.

    Hydro One blamed the outages on high winds and wet snow on Saturday that knocked down trees and felled power lines in western, southern and central areas of the province.

    More than 50,000 people in southwestern British Columbia Province lost power on Saturday after a windstorm knocked down lines and sent sea water pouring into homes. Enditem