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B.C. Hydro to conduct study on secondary power line to West Kelowna

WEST KELOWNA – District of West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater says last night’s line failure that cut power to thousands of homes for nine hours would have been very serious if it happened just one month from now. The failure was caused by a fire that started atop one of hundreds of poles supporting West...

UPDATE: Power restored to 1,389 customers in Vernon

VERNON - Power was cut to over a thousand residents on Okanagan Landing Friday morning, but was restored by 11:09 a.m. According to B.C. Hydro, the outage occurred northwest of Okanagan Landing Road around 6:40 a.m. affecting 1,389 customers. The cause of the outage was identified as a tree down across the power lines. Local...

Power outage planned for Peachland, school closed

PEACHLAND – Residents of Peachland have another day in the dark ahead of them as BC Hydro plans to shut off power to 5,000 homes and businesses Friday. Crews will be repairing lines affected by the heavy snow fall today between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and are warning residents to be prepared. Peachland Elementary...

Lumby residents feeling the cold with massive service outage

LUMBY - The Lumby community is coming together after a major natural gas leak cut service to 1,200 residences. The high-pressure gas line was ruptured in Lavington Thursday morning after a vehicle crashed into it. Fortis B.C. immediately began shutting off customer’s natural gas while crews conducted repairs. The affected line serviced customers primarily in the...