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UPDATE: Power restored for over 2,000 in Shuswap

UPDATE: Power restored for over 2,000 in Shuswap | iNFOnews.ca
Map shows the area affected by the power outage. Credit: B.C. Hydro

SHUSWAP – Equipment failure is being blamed for a power outage in the Shuswap which impacted over 2,000 B.C. Hydro customers for two hours this morning.

The power was back on at about 10:15 a.m., May 17, according to the B.C. Hydro website.

The lights went out at about 8:19 a.m. in an area west of Old Sicamous Road, between Salmon Arm and Grindrod and along Highway 97B, Hydro says.

For the very latest information about power outages visit the B.C. Hydro website.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 11:08 a.m., Sunday, May 17 to say power had been restored.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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