Over 1,700 Port Hardy residents were without power, starting just after 10 a.m. on Jan. 8.
As of 10:30, there was no crew assigned to the outage. The power went out at 10:20 a.m. According to BC Hydro, the outage was caused by a bird contacting the wires, and the power eventually came back on a little after 11 a.m.
The outage covered the area east of Duval Road, to north of Holberg Road.