While many people in Ontario have differing memories of the blackout of 2003, Rebecca Canzio had her own reason to go into “survivor mode.”
Canzio was just a couple of days from her wedding in Windsor when what’s commonly referred to as the Northeast Blackout hit on Aug. 14, 2003.
“Starting out your marriage with a blackout event that is historic is a bit strange,” she said. “But it really did make us into a couple that can go with the flow and laugh about the little things.”
Twenty years ago, many cities near the lower Great Lakes, including Windsor, lost power as the blackout shut down traffic lights,
