SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN - A power outage is affecting southeast Saskatchewan communities, including parts of Estevan, on Wednesday afternoon.
The outage occurred just before the noon hour. According to a post on SaskPower's X page, crews were dispatched and the outage affected Estevan, Bienfait, Roche Percee, North Portal and all surrounding rural areas.
A followup message just after 12:30 p.m. said power had been restored.
SaskPower reported electricity was knocked out to approximately 2,900 customers in the region.
According to SaskPower, the outage was from a bird causing a fault on a power line that fed an Estevan substation.
SaskToday and the Mercury will have more details as they become available.