VANCOUVER - High winds have cut power to thousands of people on Vancouver Island and forced BC Ferries to cancel at least two sailings.Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley. the Sunshine Coast and the Central Coast.The federal agency says an intense low-pressure system is approaching … [Read more...]
BC Hydro has hands full with heavy winds
November 11, 2011 by
BC Hydro says their crews will be burning the midnight oil after high winds cut power for thousands of customers. Spokesperson Greg Alexis says Abbotsford, Langley, Delta, and Richmond customers were the hardest hit by outages today. "Our peak today on the Lower Mainland we saw over 20,000 customers without power around the province itself on … [Read more...]
