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By James Peters

Power Outage

Power restored after large outage in Kamloops.

Jul 14, 2021 | 3:34 PM

KAMLOOPS — UPDATE: Power has been restored.

EARLIER: B.C. Hydro is reporting a large power outage in Kamloops.

According to the Crown corporation’s outage map, the outage was first reported at about 3:11 p.m., and affects 3,662 customers. It was caused by a bird contacting power lines.

The outage stretches from the North Shore over to the West End and Lower Sahali.

Crews have been assigned and a cause has not yet been determined.