Chilliwack – The Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre closed its doors around 2:30PM Monday afternoon after a large chunk off of Downtown Chilliwack went dark from a power outage. 3300 customers were without power. Social media reports of the sound of…
Vancouver/Fraser Valley — No big deal….just turn on the A/C and crank it up, as the Valley feels the heat from the longest extended heat wave on record. Over 10 days over 30C as a high and for Tuesday a…
Victoria – The Horgan Government has launched a comprehensive, two-phased review of BC Hydro. According to their media release: The review is to launch a comprehensive, two-phased review of BC Hydro. In the first phase of the review, government is…
Chilliwack – As protests continue at the Kinder Morgan site in Burnaby, the NEB, National Energy Board approved on Thursday, the twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline through Chilliwack. This is not a done deal but getting closer. From their…
Fraser Valley – You will start to pay a little more for a few services as of April 1st. It’s not a bad April Fool’s Joke. These hikes were already announced, it’s just that they are now a reality. In…
Chilliwack – A two vehicle traffic accident on Young Road near Railway knocked out power to over 2700 customers around 9:30 AM Friday morning. Hydro crews, CN Police along with Chilliwack Fire have secured the scene as a power pole…
Victoria – BC Hydro rates will be going up 3%, instead of the freeze that the NDP government requested late last year. The B.C. Utilities Commission release in their statement: “The Panel finds that there is insufficient regulatory justification to…
Fraser Valley/Vancouver – Another blast of Ol’ Man Winter is coming, and BC Hydro is bracing for the worst. Freezing temperatures resulted in a 10 per cent increase in overall provincial electricity demand on February 18 and 19 compared to…
Fraser Valley – BC Hydro crews continuing to deal with extensive damage in Fraser Valley, including a broken crossbeam on a steel tower where the two lines cross the Fraser River from Mission to Abbotsford. Severe icing continues to be…
Victoria – “This is a very very divisive issue. ” – BC Premier John Horgan. “The Liberals got us to the point of no return.” Site C is a go as the NDP government realizes that either way, a lot…