Credit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:53:29 +0000
One B.C. Hydro official likens intensifying fracking activities to “carpet bombing.”
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Credit to Author: Postmedia News| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 20:33:57 +0000
On Sunday morning, an update from the power company said all but 35 customers remained without power in the Johnsons Landing area of Lardeau Valley.
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Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:15:08 +0000
Additional snowfall Friday evening caused more damage and prompted new outages —with more than 60 crews working on repairs.
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Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 16:22:03 +0000
On Wednesday evening, B.C. Hydro said there were still around 20,000 customers without power in the region.
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Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 19:36:52 +0000
B.C. Hydro says heavy snowfall is expected to continue in the region and crews are experiencing delays reaching some customers.
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Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:06:21 +0000
B.C. Hydro is advising people to be prepared to be without power overnight
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:00:35 +0000
B.C. Hydro report found residents used 8,000 megawatt hours more electricity by midday, Dec. 25, 2018 than the same day the previous week — the equivalent of cooking of 1.5 million turkeys
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:26:20 +0000
BC Hydro found that nearly 60 per cent of B.C. residents surveyed have not taken steps to be more prepared for a power outage.
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Credit to Author: Randy Shore| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 01:58:45 +0000
Utilities commission’s draft report says First Nations should be able to act as their own power utilities, but not sell excess power off their reserves
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:00:01 +0000
B.C. Hydro says there are too many conflicts happening at EV charging stations and blame the problem on a lack of charging-station etiquette.
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