National

Surrey Police Search For Whoever Toppled Four Power Poles With Chainsaw

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Apr, 2016 01:45 PM

SURREY, B.C. — BC Hydro and Mounties in Surrey, B.C., want to find the vandal who used a chainsaw to topple four transmission poles in the city's Green Timbers neighbourhood.

The Crown utility says the poles were cut down at about 1 a.m. Wednesday, taking out power for 6,000 customers in nearby Whalley.

It's not known if more then one person was involved, but Hydro says whoever was responsible or anyone in the area faced immense danger from the fallen poles.

They supported a 60,000-volt transmission line and two sets of high-voltage distribution circuits, each carrying 25,000 volts.

Crews were expected to replace the damaged poles and transfer the conductors and circuits to the new poles by the end of the day.

Electricity has been restored to most of the affected customers, although their power has been switched to a different distribution circuit until the work is completed.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Winnipeg Man Creates Social Media Accounts With Real Police Officer's Name, Busted

Police say they received multiple complaints from across North America about a police officer inappropriately using social media and other online forums.

Winnipeg Man Creates Social Media Accounts With Real Police Officer's Name, Busted

Aggravated Sex-Assault Conviction Upheld For Ottawa Man Who Hid HIV-Positive Status

In a ruling this week, Ontario's top court upheld the December 2012 jury conviction against Steven Boone, who argued the complainants would have had sex with him anyway.

Aggravated Sex-Assault Conviction Upheld For Ottawa Man Who Hid HIV-Positive Status

Heather Rankin Goes Solo — And Enlists Rapper For Remake Of Tears For Fears Hit

It's an unlikely match — she's a petite traditional singer from small-town Cape Breton with tidy hair, and he's a sneaker-clad emcee who dons backwards hats and spits rhymes about his gritty Halifax suburb.

Heather Rankin Goes Solo — And Enlists Rapper For Remake Of Tears For Fears Hit

Nature Of Policing Makes It Ripe For Unprofessional Behaviour: Canada's Top Mountie Says

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told members of the Vancouver Board of Trade on Thursday that harassment and bullying in the workplace is unacceptable.

Nature Of Policing Makes It Ripe For Unprofessional Behaviour: Canada's Top Mountie Says

Newfoundlanders Say Next Supreme Court Justice Should Come From Their Province

The Supreme Court of Canada will soon have a vacancy, and the president of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador says it's time the new justice came from her province.