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Map showing extent of the outage/BC Hydro
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Major outage for Lake Country and Westside short-lived

Jan 12, 2026 | 4:24 PM

Thousands of customers were without power earlier Monday afternoon, although the issue seemed to be short-lived.

The outage impacted major parts of Lake Country and the Westside northwards.

Around 8,000 customers in total were without power, although the outage was quickly dealt with.

BC Hydro says a sub station went down after 2 p.m. but things were back on around 3 p.m.

At one stage around 3,500 BC Hydro customers from Killiney Beach along Westside Road to Wilson Landing were without service.

A total of 1,768 customers east of Pelmewash Parkway and 2,251 in the Winfield area were also without electricity.

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