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The PSEPC Daily Brief is a compilation of summaries of publicly available and PSEPC information concerning critical infrastructure protection and emergency management.

DOB06-027 - 8 February 2006

News

Winter weather hampers power restoration efforts
Further to PSEPC Daily Brief DOB06-025, on February 7, Hydro One indicated that it had restored power to 78,000 of the 100,000 customers around the Georgian Bay and in the south western Ontario areas.

Hydro One says it is being hampered by poor weather that is making travel in the problem areas very difficult and breaking down some repairs that were already completed. (Source: Hydro One, 7 February 2006)
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PSEPC Geomatics provides a map (1,790 kb) of the affected areas.

Hydro One maintains information on power outages and restoration estimates.

Hydro One owns and operates Ontario 's power transmission network.

Deadly bird flu found in Africa
On February 7, the Paris based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) indicated that it was notified by Nigerian authorities of an outbreak of avian influenza in poultry in northern Nigeria.

The OIE stated that this was the first time the disease had been detected in Africa and that it was the highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus.
(Source: World Organization for Animal Health, 8 February 2006)
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The World Organization for Animal Health is the international reference in the field of animal diseases.

Cyber risk assessment

Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) has not detected any significant new threats or vulnerabilities. No significant incidents with the potential to affect critical infrastructure have been reported. Accordingly, based on the information available to CCIRC, the cyber risk facing Canadian critical infrastructure is assessed as low. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to apply appropriate security precautions and monitor their systems.

Recent cyber alerts and advisories issued by CCIRC can be viewed under “Recent analytical releases” at www.psepc.gc.ca/ccirc.

See also...

• The Weather Office
• FAC - Travel Updates

Note to readers

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and incidents involving, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows us to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.

Any suspected criminal activity should be reported to local law enforcement organizations. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) National Operations Centre (NOC) provides a 24/7 service to receive such reports or to redirect callers to local law enforcement organizations. The NOC can be reached at (613) 993-4460. National security concerns should be reported to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) at (613) 993-9620.

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