Power has been restored to about 33,000 BC Hydro customers in British Columbia's Okanagan and Shuswap regions Sunday afternoon, after a transmission circuit failure at a substation. The power outage affected customers in Vernon, Coldstream, Lake Country, Spallumcheen, Enderby, Salmon Arm and Revelstoke. BC Hydro spokesperson Kevin Aquino said the transmission circuit failure happened at about 4:30 p.m. and power was restored at about 6:40 p.m.Crews headed to the Ashton Creek substation, where the outage originated, and personnel in helicopters were looking into the situation.

Source: CBC News July 19, 2021 00:51 UTC