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(UPDATE) Thousands hit by sweeping power outages in Fort St. John area

Two separate outages were reported within 40 minutes of one another in Fort St. John on Friday, December 5th, impacting more than 5,000 people.

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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December 5, 2025

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Thousands of customers are without power in Fort St. John on Friday morning. (Canva)

Update, December 5th, 11:40 a.m.: The power has now been restored, according to BC Hydro.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Power outages in Fort St. John left thousands of customers in the dark this morning.

BC Hydro announced on its outages site a pair of separate power cuts in the city on Friday, December 5th.

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A crew was assigned to the first outage, which was reported on Friday at 8:56 a.m. south of 115th Avenue, west of 78th Street, north of 81st Street and east of 99th Avenue, affecting 4,268 customers.

The power outage map in Fort St. John on December 5th. (BC Hydro)

A second crew was dispatched to another outage reported 42 minutes later, at 9:39 a.m., to 1,147 customers in an area east of 98th Street, north of 102nd Avenue, west of 112th Avenue and south of 118A Avenue.

Both outages are no longer listed as active by BC Hydro.

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Energeticcity.ca will update this story as more information becomes available.

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Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018. After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge. Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories.

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.