11:44 a.m.
B.C. Hydro is reporting a power outage in Blackburn east of Beaver Forest Road. This outage is affecting 894 customers and occurred at 11:38 a.m.
The cause of the outage is under investigation and crews are not currently onsite.
B.C. Hydro crews are still working on restoring power to other areas of the city after multiple early morning outages.
Crews are on-site on Chief Lake Road addressing an outage affecting 123 customers. This outage was caused by a motor vehicle accident.
B.C. Hydro estimates the power to be back on by 4 p.m.
The power is also still out at the 1700 block George Paul Lane, 18th Avenue and Ospika Boulevard which has closed the Prince George Aquatic Centre and facilities at Exhibition Park.
All activities involving the CN Centre and Kin Centre arenas are being cancelled for the remainder of the day out of concern that the lack of power could affect the quality of the ice in the arenas.
The city also says that the Aquatic Centre will not reopen until tomorrow morning at the earliest. The cause of the power outage is under investigation but B.C. Hydro expects to have the power back on at 3:00 p.m.
Power has been restored to the outage that occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. east of Lund Road, south of Bendixon Road, north of Buckhorn Lake Road and west of Look Out Road affecting 15 customers.
9:50 a.m.
Many people woke up without power as multiple outages are affecting over a hundred B.C. Hydro customers occurred in Prince George this morning.
Over 120 people are without power near Chief Lake Road because of a motor vehicle accident occurring just after 8:30 a.m.
Crews are currently on-site, but B.C. Hydro does not yet have an estimated time for the power to come back on.
Another outage occurred east of Lund Road, south of Bendixon Road, north of Buckhorn Lake Road and west of Look Out Road at 8:37 a.m.
The cause of this outage is currently under investigation, and it’s affecting 15 customers.
The power is also out at the 1700 block of Paul Lane, 18th Avenue and Ospika which is affecting less than five customers.
However, this outage has caused the Prince George Aquatic Centre to close until further notice. The city says it will notify residents when the power is restored and the pool is reopened for the day.
This outage is also affecting Exhibition Park. The CN Centre is currently closed for walking and current programs in the Kin Arenas are cancelled.
