UPDATED: Power restored in Castlegar, out in Slocan Valley

No sooner did FortisBC restore power to over 1,300 Castlegar-area customers than it went out in the Slocan Valley.

The lights went out at about 4:50 this afternoon in all parts of Castlegar except Kinnaird.

There’s no word exactly what caused the outage, but it has been snowing heavily this afternoon.

Then at about 6:50 p.m., about 350 customers between Crescent Valley and Slocan Park were left in the dark. there is no estimated time of repair.

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