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80,000 residents still without power after extreme wind
SaskPower has crews out all over the province to get power restored. The extreme winds and snow that hit Saskatchewan on Wednesday night through to Thursday morning caused outages in well over 100 com...
Jan 14, 2021
Power restored after massive outage hit Regina's west side
SaskPower crews have restored service to the west side of Regina. An outage affecting some 11,000 customers started Friday at 11:14 a.m., after a transmission line was tripped. Power was restored at a...
Mar 06, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Californians struggle after latest blackout hits 1.5 million
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - Californians on Wednesday found themselves facing winds, wildfires and darkness from yet another power outage that hit more than 1 million people. Frustration and anger mount...
Oct 30, 2019 Strong winds send embers flying across Ida Clayton Rd. as the Kincade Fire burns in Calistoga, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Millions of people have been without power for days as fire crews raced to contain two major wind-whipped blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes at both ends of the state: in Sonoma County wine country and in the hills of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Clean-up in Balcarres after vicious storm hits area
The town of Balcarres is in clean-up mode after a storm hit the town Sunday night. Power lines were down, trees fell to the ground, and a few buildings sustained damage during the storm that hit just ...
Jul 15, 2019 A large tree toppled over during Sunday night's storm in Balcarres, causing damage to Katie Henry's backyard. (Facebook/Katie Henry)
Power outage hits south-central Sask.
As of 8:30 Thursday morning, residents in south-central Saskatchewan were without power, and SaskPower was working to fix the problem. The outage affected residents in Wilcox, Assiniboia, Coronach, Ca...
Jun 20, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Lawson Aquatic Centre closed until further notice
Those hoping to take a dip in the pool at the Lawson Aquatic Centre this week will have to hold off for the foreseeable future. The City of Regina says a power outage on Tuesday caused a breakdown in ...
Apr 17, 2019
'Patchy' power outages hit Regina
Many people in Regina got ready for work in the dark Wednesday morning, as patchy power outages put out the lights in the north, south and central areas of the city. By 7 a.m., SaskPower reported that...
Mar 27, 2019 A SaskPower utility crew begins work to repair a burnt power pole in north Regina on March 27, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Power outage leaves woman frantic to find room for mother
Paulette Vanderhelm's visit to see her 93-year-old mother, Stella Raczynski, at Regina's Bentley Hillsdale retirement home was far from routine on Tuesday. The Ituna woman said when she got there, the...
Dec 05, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina conserving water after power loss at treatment plant
The City of Regina is asking people to conserve water after the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant lost power again Wednesday morning. While power was restored following Tuesday's major outage, the p...
Dec 05, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower crews work to restore power after massive outage
Lights were slowly beginning to come back on Tuesday afternoon as SaskPower crews worked to deal with massive power outages across much of the southern and central parts of the province. While all pow...
Dec 04, 2018 Frost buildup caused downed power lines throughout much of Saskatchewan during the first week of December 2018. (SaskPower/Twitter)
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