Snowstorm required all fire crews from Ridge Meadows to respond
Crews have restored power to 130,000 as of 6:30 a.m.
Zoom is the number one downloaded app this year, as more people connect digitally
More than 2,500 customers are affected in Maple Ridge, large outage in Pitt Meadows affecting 2,250
Crown utility says its data show there has been a 117 per cent increase in storms over the past several years
No word yet when power will be restored
One outage in Langley and Surrey is affecting over 4,000 customers
An increase should be expected, but Brian Chwiendacz experienced a 200-plus per cent hike
Crews have restored power to 96 per cent of customers impacted by Tuesday’s windstorm
Over 40,000 power outages in Lower Mainland Tuesday afternoon
In action for more than a century can no longer be ignored: environmentalist
BC Hydro has postponed work on dam infrastructure at popular Maple Ridge lake
Crews are on scene completing scheduled work
About 2,200 households initially affected
Many people are also cooking and baking more than before the pandemic
B.C. could see a decrease in electricity use double that of the 2008 recession by April 2021
A tree has fallen across electrical wires
