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UPDATE: Power mostly restored to B.C. Hydro customers in Shuswap, North Okanagan
Power has been mostly restored across the Shuswap region and part of the North Okanagan…

Summerlanders brace for another night without electricity
Summerland residents are going to be without electricity overnight again this weekend. In order to…
700 Kelowna homes without electricity this morning due to planned outage
Power is out for roughly 700 homes this morning in Kelowna's Mission area as FortisB.C.…

UPDATE: Ospreys causing power outage for 3,500 homes in Okanagan
More than 3,500 homes in the Lake Country area were without power this morning due…

Summerlanders will spend another night without power
Summerlanders have to prepare for a night with no power as part of another planned…
B.C. Hydro reports multiple power outages in Thompson, Okanagan
If you're watching the snow fall from the warmth of your home, you are one…

UPDATE: Kamloops crews knock down small fire caused by lightning
KAMLOOPS – A section of south Kamloops is without power after a storm passed through…

Truck takes out several power poles in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS – This truck has a lot of power. The tractor-trailer unit appears to have…
Fault at Armstrong substation created widespread power outage
NORTH OKANAGAN – Thousands were without power this afternoon due to issues at a major…

City of Kelowna fined $75,000 by WorkSafeBC
KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna has been fined $75,000 for what WorkSafeBC calls “high…

Nearly 2,000 customers lose power in Vernon area
VERNON – A large area of Vernon and Coldstream is without power this afternoon. B.C.…
UPDATE: Man badly burned after climbing electrical equipment at Armstrong substation
POWER WAS OUT FOR 7,700 VERNON – A large power outage yesterday evening in the…

Woman facing charges for hit and run in Vernon last fall
VERNON – Charges have been laid in connection with a hit and run last October…

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: 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...