A raven shorted out half the city Saturday afternoon when it flew into the McIntyre substation off Mountainview Drive, says ATCO Electric Yukon. Spokeswoman Stephanie Cunha said approximately 5,200 Whitehorse residents and businesses lost power at 2:15.

All customers were restored between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., Cunha said.

She said the outage affected the north end of downtown, the Marwell industrial area, Porter Creek, Takhini, Valleyview, the McIntyre subdivision, Logan, Arkell and about half of Copper Ridge.

Some businesses, including Walmart and grocery stores, were forced to ask customers to leave, then lock their doors.

While buildings like the Takhini Arena were forced to clear out patrons – right in the middle of the annual Whitehorse oldtimers hockey tournament – the Canada Games Centre was on back-up generation for about an hour and a half.