”It wasn’t honestly as bad as I thought it could have been when you hear stories about that.” She alerted family members to her predicament. Wickham had just seen a news report the night before about students being trapped in an elevator at UVic and ironically found herself in the same...
BC Hydro also posted an outage alert just after 10 a.m. noting that southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands had been hit hard by the storm and that crews would be working through the day to restore power. BC Hydro is still assigning crews for many of the outages. Updates on the...
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...
B.C. Hydro is also reporting an outage in Sidney, which started shortly after at 4:10 p.m. Roughly 200 customers are without power near Third Street and Bevan Road. That cause of that outage is also under investigation. The lights are flickering in our office in Langford and we're ...
"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...
The federal government has signed an emergency contract worth $5.7 million to pump bunker oil and mixed fuels from a sunken wreck in Nootka Sound. The 483-foot MV Schiedyk cargo ship went down on Jan.
Almost 1,500 people living in the Metchosin area remain without power. While it is not clear what caused the outage first reported late Sunday morning, BC Hydro said that crews are responding to the area. Crews are on their way to the power outage near#Metchosinthat's affecting 1,492 cust...
📞 Report fallen power lines: 911 📱Outage updates:https://t.co/MMcUrqpAZppic.twitter.com/uEWAM6QdS1 — BC Hydro (@bchydro)February 21, 2023 The wind warning issued by Environment Canada prompted the City of Victoria to initiate its extreme weather protocol, opening extra shelter beds ...
☐ Consider purchasing a portable generator to supply power for lights, cooking and/or heating. (Be sure your device is not backfeeding powerlines, creating unsafe conditions for workers and emergency crews, during a power outage.) ☐ Establish and maintain a first aid kit that can be used...
A fighter pilot in the Second World War and member of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame Maj.-Gen. Ken Lett will be at the celebration. Lett was born only months before the birth of the RCAF. Col. George Miller also has his name in the hall of fame and will be in atten...