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Storify: With Toronto in the dark, residents celebrate Christmas by candlelight

Corinne Ton That CTVNews.ca
Published Tuesday, December 24, 2013 7:43PM EST
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A power line lies tangled in a broken tree branch on a residential street in Toronto on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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