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UPDATE: Power restored to nearly 3,000 homes following Kamloops crash

KAMLOOPS - A crash this morning left much of the eastern part of Kamloops without power. The crash occurred along Highway 1 and took out a power pole, leaving much of Dallas, Barnhartvale, Juniper and Valleyview without power this morning, Dec. 17. B.C. Hydro was reporting more than 2,900 customers without power as of 6:37...

Kamloops business owner falls prey to fake B.C. Hydro call

KAMLOOPS - A local business owner says his mother fell prey to a sophisticated phone scam working its way through the Interior. Min Vo owns a nail salon in Sahali and says his mother received a alarming phone call which caused her to panic on Monday, Nov. 2. “They contacted her and were claiming to...

New $49M hydro substation planned next to Kenna Cartwright Park

KAMLOOPS - The east side of Kenna Cartwright Park will look a little different with a new hydro substation planned for the area adjacent to the Bunker Road area. B.C. Hydro and the City of Kamloops have reached an agreement for the energy provider to acquire land from the city to construct a new substation...

Hit and run in Vernon sends cyclist to hospital, knocks out power

VERNON – RCMP are on the hunt for a suspect after a man on a bicycle was hit by a vehicle in Vernon early this morning. The cyclist was hit on 43 Street, near 25 Avenue, just after 5 a.m., Oct. 11, according to RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy. “The vehicle had struck a bicyclist, then...

Power back on for almost 3,000 in West Kelowna

WEST KELOWNA – An almost two hour power outage in West Kelowna this morning left thousands in the dark. The power went out at around 6:40 a.m. and came back on at about 8:18 a.m., Sept. 20, according to B.C. Hydro. The outage affected 2,827 customers in an area east of Highway 97, north of...

UPDATE: Nearly 1,400 start first day of school without power in Kamloops

UPDATE: 7:16 A.M., SEPT. 8, 2015 B.C. Hydro reports power was restored shortly after 7 a.m. 6:46 A.M., SEPT. 8, 2015 KAMLOOPS - ‘My alarm clock didn’t go off’ could be a legitimate excuse for nearly 1,400 people on the first day back to school after an equipment failure left a swath of Kamloops residents...

Shelter Cove fire remains steady during the day

WEST KELOWNA - B.C. Wildfire has been hitting smoke on the south flank of the Shelter Cove fire with air tankers but other than that, not much has changed today in the 430-hectare blaze. The evacuation order continues for 70 homes along Westside Road which is closed in both directions between Cinnabar Creek and La...

The power of information during electrical failure

WHO HAS IT, WHO DOESN'T THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - When the power goes out, so do most of the things we depend on for life and business — lights, refrigerators, internet, air conditioning, point-of-sale machines, cash machines — and depending on which power company you use, so does information. The Thompson-Okanagan is divided between Fortis B.C. and...

UPDATE: North Kamloops power restored

KAMLOOPS - Thousands on the North Shore and in Brocklehurst woke to no power this morning after a bird contacted wires causing an outage. B.C. Hydro is reported an outage affecting 3,173 customers as of about 5:40 a.m. The cause was not immediately clear but was later determined to be caused by a bird contacting the...

Vehicle crash causes power outage in Sahali

KAMLOOPS - A vehicle crash in Upper Sahali has caused a power outage to more than 1,000 customers this evening. B.C. Hydro is reporting a ‘motor vehicle accident’ just after 7 p.m. caused an outage  to 1,066 customers in the area east of Glencoe Place, south of Chino Place and north of Tuxford Drive. The...