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UPDATE: 2:13 p.m.
Power has been restored to BC Hydro customers in north Vernon after a two-hour outage.
There is no word yet on the cause of the outage.
ORIGINAL: 12:47 p.m.
BC Hydro is working to restore power to a large swath of north Vernon at this hour.
The outage impacts more than 5,000 customers and extends into Coldstream and Spallumcheen.
First reports came in at 12:11 p.m. Sunday, and crews were dispatched shortly after. There is no identified cause as yet.
We will have more on the outage when details are confirmed.