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UPDATE: Power restored in Sidney but outage cause remains a mystery

Friday morning outage saw more than 1,700 without power
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More than 1,700 residents in Sidney are without power Friday morning. (BC Hydro outage map)

More than 1,700 residents in Sidney went without power for a couple hours Friday (June 24) morning.

The power went down shortly after 7 a.m. and while it was restored by 9 the cause remains under investigation according to BC Hydro.

The outage covered the core of Sidney bound by Henry Avenue, Lochside Drive, Third Street and Canora Road.

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