Power restored to 220,000 households after snowfall blankets southern B.C.
BC Hydro says it has restored electricity for about 90 per cent of homes that lost power after the first official winter storm of the season brought heavy snow and harsh winds to southern B.C.
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Snow in Burnaby, B.C., on Dec. 21. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
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BC Hydro says it has restored electricity for about 90 per cent of homes that lost power after the first official winter storm of the season brought heavy snow and harsh winds to southern B.C.
The lights were back on in more than 220,000 homes by 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, according to a statement from BC Hydro. About 19,600 households in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the southern Interior were still waiting for power to be restored.