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Power out for 1 hour during Roughriders' pre-season game

The first game of the farewell season at Regina's Mosaic Stadium included a one-hour power failure.

Cannister of confetti hit a nearby power line, SaskPower says

Small dots of light in the stands at Mosaic Stadium as football fans use flashlights and phones for illumination after power was knocked out during the game Saturday night. (Paul Dornstauder/CBC)

The first game of the farewell season at Regina's Mosaic Stadium included a one-hour power failure.

The Rider gameagainst the B.C. Lionswas interrupted at half-time when, according to a representative of SaskPower, someone shot a cannister of confetti which hit a nearby power line.

B.C. was up 18-6 at the time of the outage.

The power failure was fixedaround 9:30 p.m. and play resumed.

Mosaic Stadium is set to be torn down after the end of the 2016 season.

A new facility, west of the existing one, is nearingcompletion and is expected to be finished by the fall.