ALSO READ:Road closures, power outages across Greater Victoria after windstorm In the Sooke School District (SD62), John Muir Elementary is open but without power. BC Hydro crews have been assigned to the outage. John Muir Elementary is open, but without power.@bchydrocrews assigned. School w...
Power to a number of the more than 3,000 customers affected Friday has been restored, but as of 3:30 p.m. just over 1,700 remained without power, according to according to BC Hydro’s website. The largest outage, affecting 1,158 customers between Metchosin and East Sooke, was projected...
Actually a romantic dinner with candles because of the power outage. The hydro plant by the river dam has been flooded. Due to the devastation caused by the flooding it does not seem possible to continue this journey on bikes. Trains are not practical, and we figure that all the facilities...
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Power outages continue to affect communities across the region. Visithttps://www.bchydro.com/power-outages/app/outage-map.htmlfor up-to-date information in that regard. •••10:40 a.m. UpdateDrive BC reports the the highway between Duncan and Chemainus has re-opened. Please expect ...
An overnight wind storm left almost 2,500 South Island homes without power on Saturday morning. According to the BC Hydro Outage Map, crews are working on 47 power outages in the region on Feb. 1. Most were reportedly caused by fallen trees or lines knocked over in the wind. ...
"But all this money going it to Tokyo may be less good news for other parts of the country, particularly the Tsunami ravaged north-east coast. In many areas re-construction has still barely begun." Wingfield-Hayes – and pretty much everyone else – also touched on the situation in Fukushi...
More the 2,600 residents were without power Friday afternoon. B.C. Hydro reported an outage starting at approximately 4 p.m. affecting almost 2,650 customers in parts of Langford, Colwood, View Royal, Esquimalt and Saanich. The cause of the outage is still under investigation. At this time...
editor@vicnews.com Members of the Shan-e-Punjab bhangra dance troupe pose at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium before the group’s annual show. This year’s Vaisakhi celebration and 25th anniversary show happens there May 5. Photo contributed ...
Providence Living’s “dementia village” — the first on the Island and just the second in all of B.C. — is touted as the province’s first such publicly funded development of its type. The $52.6-million project will be home to 156 residents, with design and care that promote...