Some residents of Hay River, Enterprise and K'atl'odeeche First Nation are speaking out after two major power outages left many without power for up to eight hours in the midst of a heat wave.

Power failures in the North are a bit more complicated than just no lights or television for a few hours. Janeya Geick lives in the Old Town district of Hay River, where a power failure not only means no air conditioning or fans, but no running water either.

"Our house heats up very quickly which means we’re all uncomfortable," she said. "Our pets overheat and my two-year-old is unable to nap because she’s too warm.

"Our water is trucked in and in a tank. So no power means no access to running water. I don’t think I need to go into the details but you can imagine how gross it is when you have one

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