Regina, Saskatchewan, Jan 6, 2026, 10:14 CST SaskPower has rescheduled a series of intermittent, one-hour planned outages to Wednesday in rural Saskatchewan, with customers north of D’Arcy to areas southwest of Stranraer expecting service interruptions between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. https://westcentralonline.com/articles/saskpower-reschedules-series-of-outages-to-wednesday The change comes as the provincial utility works through the knock-on effects of weekend outages that affected about 5,500 customers in southwest Saskatchewan. SaskPower media relations consultant Scott McGregor said ice buildup on transmission lines in high winds triggered the disruptions. https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/saskpower-details-string-of-southwest-outages SaskPower lists the Jan. 7 work as system maintenance. The outages are described as intermittent —

London, Jan 6, 2026, 16:19 GMT Britain’s Drinking Water Inspectorate said a breakdown at South East Water’s Pembury treatment works in Kent that left 24,000 homes around Tunbridge Wells without safe drinking water for two weeks was spotted weeks earlier and could have been stopped. Chief inspector Marcus Rink told MPs the firm failed to run tests requested by the regulator and to install a filter to stop heavy metals after a key treatment chemical failed, and he said it was “flying blind”. Rink added: “It shouldn’t have been a surprise,” while chief executive David Hinton said the incident followed