North Bay Hydro is reporting eight power outages in the Pinewood area of the city in the past three weeks.

Officials told our newsroom that four involved squirrel contact, two were because of tree contact and two were for unknown causes.

In a release on the utility’s website, North Bay Hydro says they’re working on upgrading the existing infrastructure to ensure long term power reliability.

They point out certain loads in the city, including Pinewood, Thibeault Terrance and Hwy 11 North have been shifted and are being fed from an alternate sub-station and may be susceptible to an auto-reclose event, which is a short power outage.