He has extensive experience in business in Asia, North America and Europe and has served on a wide variety of Boards, including the Energy Council of Canada, National Capital Commission, Fair Trade Canada, BC Women’s Hospital Foundation, Hospice Victoria, Greater Victoria Hospital Board, GNS ...
(BC Hydro/Instagram) Thousands of people across B.C.’s south coast were still without power Sunday after strong winds rocked the region over the weekend. BC Hydro is reporting that more than 10,000 customers are in the dark in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and surrounding Gulf ...
At least four pad-mounted transformers have been deliberately damaged in the Mt. Seymour- Parkgate area since April 2019, BC Hydro says, resulting in power outages, oil spills, and transformer explosions. (BC Hydro photo) BC Hydro is sounding the alarm after a stint of vandalism to a...
Community partnershipsEarth Day, Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program (partners with BC Non-Profit Housing Association, BC Hydro and Fortis BC to support non-profit housing providers making energy retrofits), Hives for Humanity (partnership to bring bees into several sites for pollination and to harvest...
BC Hydro says power has been restored for 99 per cent of customers affected by a fierce winter storm that brought heavy snow and strong winds to most of southern British Columbia this week. A statement from the Crown utility says more than 240,000 homes and businesses were hit as the storm...
Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nations said Monday his people did everything they could to stop the project, but realized the province and BC Hydro, the Crown corporation building the dam, were not going to stop. A joint statement from the federal and provincial gove...
During the June heat wave, B.C. residents trying to cool off even managed to shatter the record for hourly power usage. June 28 saw the highest peak hourly demand at 8,568 megawatts which, according to BC Hydro, is equivalent to turning on 600,000 portable air conditioners at...