As of 10:45 pm Friday night, there were nearly 80,000 BC Hydro customers on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands experiencing outages. At the time, more than 45,000 of them were in the North Island region and almost 33,000 in the South Island. Meanwhile, the Lower Mainland/Sunshine Coast region had more than 144,000 customers without power. The company said its crews would work through the night and into Saturday to restore power to all those affected, but added that many would not have power back until the morning. “High winds this afternoon caused several outages in the area and all available crews are being mobilized to restore power to affected customers. They will continue to work through the night to restore power as quickly as possible, but we expect some customers to be without power overnight,” the company said in a warning on its website. “Individual recovery times will be provided as they become available. Thank you for your patience and we will continue to provide updates as they become available.” Environment Canada had issued a wind warning for Friday night, in effect for Greater Victoria, East and West Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands. The wind warning called for gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour, with the strongest winds near the water. But it wasn’t just electricity that was affected by Friday night’s storm. The windstorm BC it also forced cancellations on some ferry services, with the last four overnight services between Gabriola Island and Nanaimo not leaving the dock, along with some services between Vesuvius Bay and Crofton. #ServiceNotice #DescansoBay #NanaimoHarbour #IslandKwigwis Due to inclement weather, the following services have been canceled for the remainder of the night: 9:40 p.m. — BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 5, 2022 #ServiceNotice #Crofton #VesuviusBay #Quinitsa Due to inclement weather the following services are cxld this evening: 9:30 p.m. ex: Vesuvius Bay 10 p.m. ex: Crofton The following routes are at risk, pending weather conditions: 10:30 p.m. ex: Vesuvius Bay11pm ex: Crofton ^vr — BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 5, 2022 BC Ferries also advised of a late arrival for the 9pm trip. of Spirit of British Columbia, departed Swartz Bay for Tsawwassen. #ServiceNotice #Tsawwassen #SwartzBay Due to inclement weather, the #SpiritofBritishColumbia will be delayed in arriving at Tsawwassen (Vancouver) for the current 9:00 p.m. from Swartz Bay (Victoria). More here: ^vr — BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 5, 2022 The power outage also affected the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers, who had their regular season game against the Cranbrook Bucks postponed after the power outage at Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo. Power is still out at Frank and both teams are monitoring the situation. — Nanaimo Clippers (@ClippersHockey) November 5, 2022 The game had already been delayed more than two hours due to travel issues the Bucks faced. Due to a power outage at Frank Crane Arena and a delayed start due to travel issues, tonight’s game between Nanaimo and Cranbrook has been postponed to a later date. We will provide details of a new date in the coming days. — BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) November 5, 2022
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