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Natural gas may be the cleanest home heating fuel on the market but it’s still…
FortisBC announces electrical rate relief
PENTICTON – Some relief from rising electrical rates as FortisBC announced today there will be…
Huge fire guts commercial building in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A massive clean-up job awaits after fire investigators are done combing through the…
Rutland fire forces four children and an adult from their home
KELOWNA – A house fire in Rutland has put an adult and four kids out…
Battle brewing over Fortis B.C. electrical rate system
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan resident is joining forces with the regional district in a…
Second power outage in three days hits Kelowna
POWER OUT ALL DAY FOR A CHUNK OF DOWNTOWN KELOWNA – Fortis B.C. says it…
Fortis B.C. substation near Oliver targeted by vandals
OLIVER – Someone has twice vandalized a Fortis B.C. substation near Oliver in the last…
Fortis BC agrees to pay Okanagan woman total cost of damage caused by utility’s mistake
KALEDEN – A Kaleden woman who was out of pocket over $3,000 due to a…
Squirrel damage blamed for downtown Kelowna power outage
KELOWNA – A small power outage in downtown Kelowna is being blamed on “squirrel damage.”…
Your Fortis B.C. electricity bill just went up
KELOWNA – Customers of Fortis B.C. have been hit with a 1.6 per cent increase to the cost of electricity today. Fortis says the rate hike, which has been approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission, takes effect August 1. Add that to the 3.5 per cent interim rate hike made on January 1, which the...
Summerland power outage to last until at least 2 p.m.
SUMMERLAND - A power outage has been affecting the majority of Summerland residents since earlier this morning and Fortis B.C. says it will be at least 2 p.m. before power is restored. Fortis B.C. says crews are busy on site and were inspecting a problem with a transformer on the feed to the city. Interior...
Gas rupture forces people out of their homes in Glenmore
KELOWNA – Road blocks were up in Glenmore and homes evacuated as crews dealt with a natural gas leak this afternoon. RCMP say an excavator hit a natural gas line in a backyard on Valley Road just south of Kane Road. Police cordoned off the area, evacuating the people from four homes and closing Valley...
Natural gas line rupture outside Kelowna General
KELOWNA – A Fortis B.C. crew is working repair a natural gas line break at Pandosy Street and Royal Avenue right in front of Emergency Room at Kelowna General Hospital. The gas line was snapped by the operator of a backhoe at about 11:13 a.m. on Monday. That's where a construction crew is working on...