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Thousands of people were left without power in Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission after powerful winds swept through the region, bringing down power lines and trees.

Two days after a windstorm swept across the Maritimes, sporadic power outages are still being reported in all three provinces.

The affected areas include the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands and BC Hydro says more outages are expected as strong winds continue.

The issue is back in the spotlight after a recent windstorm washed at least four watercraft ashore along Vancouver's Sunset Beach.

British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.

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BC Ferries confirmed Wednesday that sailings between the island and Horseshoe Bay would be cancelled on Thursday, following service outages on Tuesday and Wednesday.

School has been cancelled for Wednesday in the Arrow Lakes area because busses cannot get past downed trees on the roads.

According to B.C. Hydro, the strong windstorm has caused extensive outages throughout the Southern Interior.

On Saturday, a BC Hydro spokesperson said power has been restored to 97 per cent of those affected by Friday’s windstorm.

It was an unimaginable ordeal and just plain disgusting: a Calgary woman was trapped inside a port-a-potty after it tipped over in last weekend's sudden windstorm.

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Strong winds forced BC Ferries to cancel some sailings.

A tree has smashed through the roof of a home at 335 McCurdy Road in Kelowna.

According to BC Hydro, just under 2,000 customers were still without power as of 10 a.m.

Thousands of people were without power Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning after another wind storm hit the coast.

The storm left more than 750,000 customers without power.

North Oyster Elementary, Ecole Hammond Bay, Gabriola Elementary and Qwam Qwum Stuwixwhul School remain closed due to power outages from the storm.

RCMP say one person's remains have been pulled from the site of a landslide near Lions Bay, while another missing person "remains unaccounted for."

Several ferries have been cancelled throughout the day and reports of damage to homes, buildings and roads are continuing to come in.