Kamloops Power Outage

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...

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...

UPDATE: Another power outage in Brocklehurst blamed on birds

KAMLOOPS - Two separate power outages in Kamloops this morning left about 5,900 customers without power after birds contacted wires. B.C. Hydro was reporting 2,682 customers were without power in the Brocklehurst area as of about 8:40 a.m. The outage is being blamed on a bird contacting wire and power was restored within the hour....

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...