The outage began at 3:50 p.m. and as of 4:20 p.m., electricity was yet to be restored to 8005 customers in Prince Rupert and Port Edward. The outage resulted from a transmission circuit failure as reported by BC Hydro on their outage map. In a tweet, BC Hydro said that crews...
Northern B.C. residents top the preparedness scale compared to most others in the province when it comes to dealing with power outages, says the latest BC Hydro report. Released Nov. 9, the report states that people in northern B.C. are the most likely in the province ...