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Big outage planned for North Island Late-May

Be ready to lose power for a Sunday, as an outage is planned for the North Island this month.

BC Hydro says the outage is to let crews perform maintenance work and replace end of life transmission structures across the region.

The outage will affect several areas including Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Woss, Telegraph Cove, Alert Bay, Malcolm Island, Coal Harbour, Holberg, Quatsino, and Winter Harbour.

Hydro encourages you to unplug all your electronics, turn off all lights, electric heaters, and major appliances while the outage takes place.

Power will go out May 25 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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