Anonymous donor pays $1K power bill for disconnected Ontario senior

For more than two months, Toronto senior Maxine Stirling Dawe couldn’t make toast, turn on the lights, or power a fan or air conditioner in her one-bedroom rental apartment.

For the 74-year-old retiree, the absence of electricity made for some uncomfortable and potentially dangerous days and nights during a scorching heat wave.

Stirling Dawe, who lives alone, had fallen behind on her Toronto Hydro bill after she says she helped support a son with extra needs. In April, she received a disconnection notice. In early May, the utility cut off her service.

After seeing and reading about Stirling Dawe’s plight, a kind-hearted Global News viewer who wants to remain anonymous sent an email to a reporter and said she would pay the bill so the Toronto senior could get her electricity turned back on as soon as possible. And she did.

Global's Sean O'Shea has the details.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10617785/anonymous-donor-pays-1k-power-bill-for-disconnected-ontario-senior/

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