The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen and a South Okanagan community group are teaming up to take on what they see as a punitive Fortis B.C. residential electrical rates. Credit: FILE PHOTO

Power outage planned for part of Kelowna

KELOWNA – Fortis customers in the central city area of Kelowna can expect a planned power outage tomorrow morning.

Fortis B.C. is advising customers they will be shutting off power from 4 to 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 13, for emergency repairs.

The affected area is primarily between Richter Street and Ethel Street from Sutherland Avenue to Dehart Avenue, plus the area between Lequime Street and Carruthers Street and Borden and Sutherland Avenues.

Exact details on which properties will be affected by the outage can be found on the Fortis website or by calling 1-866-436-7847.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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