UPDATE: 6:45pm - SaskPower has announced that power has been restored to all customers in southeast Saskatchewan after almost five hours of rolling outages in the area.
6:39 PM: Repairs have been completed and power restored in Lampman, Steelman, Estevan, North Portal, Bienfait, Roche Percee and all surrounding areas. If your power hasn’t been restored, please call us at 310-2220, or report it online at #skoutage 1/2
— SaskPower (@SaskPower) March 15, 2025
For the majority of the afternoon, crews were dispatched to repair damaged equipment that led to outages in several cities and town in the deep southeast corner of the province. Further north, the Crown corporation was also fixing damaged equipment in Regina and areas west of the capital city. Some community members noted that outages reached all the way to the Manitoba border, but SaskPower has not confirmed these reports.
SaskPower advises that if you still don't have power, call 310-2220 to report an outage in your area.
The original story and its updates throughout the afternoon are below.
UPDATE: 6:30pm - SaskPower crews are now working to restore power in the following areas:
- Lampman
- Steelman
- rural areas north and east of Estevan
6:24 PM: Crews are working to repair damaged equipment by the weather but are unable to provide a restoration time for Lampman, Steelman and surrounding rural areas north and east of Estevan. Estevan and North Portal, Bienfait, Roche Percee has #skoutage 1/2
— SaskPower (@SaskPower) March 15, 2025
The Crown corporation noted that they are repairing damaged equipment in the area. No timeline has been been given for when the power will be restored.
UPDATE: 6:19 pm. SaskPower has confirmed that power has been restored to the following areas:
- Oxbow
- Carlyle
- Glen Ewen
- Carnduff
- Carievale
- Gainsborough
- Storthoaks
- Alida
- Frobisher
6:17 PM: All power is restored in Oxbow, Carlyle, Glen Ewen, Carnduff, Carievale, Gainsborough, Storthoaks, Alida, Frobisher and all surrounding rural areas. #skoutage
— SaskPower (@SaskPower) March 15, 2025
However, power woes in Estevan isn't over just yet. The area is seeing some intermittent flickering power with one short blackout about 10 minutes ago. Power is back in the area once again. We'll keep you updated on the ongoing power issues in southeast Saskatchewan.
UPDATE: 5:14pm - SaskPower has confirmed they are now working on restoring power to the following areas:
- Oxbow
- Carlyle
- Glen Ewen
- Carnduff
- Carievale
- Gainsborough
- Storthoaks
- Alida
- Frobisher
According to their X account (formerly Twitter), crews have been dispatched to repair equipment. They approximate that power will be restored by 10:00pm tonight.
5:11 PM: Crews are working to repair damaged equipment and estimate power to be restored at approx. 10pm in Oxbow, Carlyle, Glen Ewen, Carnduff, Carievale, Gainsborough, Storthoaks, Alida, Frobisher and all surrounding rural areas. #skoutage
— SaskPower (@SaskPower) March 14, 2025
Much of the power in areas immediately around Estevan has been fully restored. A resident in Lampman reached out to DiscoverEstevan and mentioned that the power is still out in that town. No ETA has been provided as to when power in Lampman will be back.
Is your power out? Let us know! Call us at (306)636-6100 or email the newsroom: news@discoverestevan.com
UPDATE: 4:30pm - SaskPower has confirmed that power has been restored for the following areas.
- Estevan
- Bienfait
- North Portal
- Roche Percee
4:26 PM: been restored. #skoutage 2/2
— SaskPower (@SaskPower) March 14, 2025
SaskPower's Outage Tracker continues to show that other rural areas continue to be without power.
UPDATE: 4:00pm - Power seems to be back on in town. Our offices are back online with power to all of the radio stations. The lights on the corner of 13th Avenue and 5th Street are back on. We're reaching out to other communities to see if their power is back on. As of now, it looks like power in Estevan has been restored.
We'll keep you updated as this outage unfolds.
UPDATE: 3:49pm - Power is still out for the farthest southeast corner of the province.
Affected areas include:
- Estevan
- Bienfait
- North Portal
- Oxbow
- Carnduff
- Alameda
- Roche Percee
- Frobisher
- Carievale
- Gainsborough
- Storthoaks
We're seeing social media chatter that suggests that the outage stretches to all of these communities and not just parts of each area. Some residents reported that the power was briefly interrupted for a few minutes at around 2:14 p.m., but was restored by 2:20 p.m. However, power went out at around 2:30 and has been out of commission since. We still have no word from the Crown corporation as to when the outage will be fixed.
We'll keep an eye out on this story as it unfolds. For up-to-date outage updates, please visit SaskPower's Outage Tracker.
Parts of Estevan, Bienfait, and Roche Percee are experiencing a power outage, according to SaskPower
2:58 PM: Crews have been dispatched and are determining the cause and repair time for the outage reported in Estevan, Bienfait, Roche Percee and surrounding rural areas. #skoutage
— SaskPower (@SaskPower) March 14, 2025
As of now, there's no cause of the outage being release by the Crown corporation. Some businesses along 4th Street are reporting that their power is also out.
The traffic lights at the corner of 13th Avenue and 5th Street are also out. Motorists are being asked to drive with caution and to treat the intersection as a four-way stop until the power is restored. We'll have more on this as it unfolds.