Some may have to wait until 11:30 p.m tonight before power is restored
Power line technician Scott Leyte working overnight to try and restore power in New Glasgow. (Harold MacLeod/Nova Scotia Power)
It’s a cold morning for thousands of people in Cape Breton and northern Nova Scotia as they spend a second day without electricity and two two hospitals continue to operate with power from emergency generators.
As of 10:40 a.m. Sunday morning about 12,000 Nova Scotia Power customers had no power.
Some have been without electricity since Friday evening, several areas in Cape Breton, Antigonish, Goshen, Sheet Harbour and Stellarton are affected.
Nova Scotia Power estimates that some customers will not have their power restored before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, although those estimates could change as the day goes on.
Power crews worked through Saturday night to restore electricity.
Heavy snow led to the outages and is making it difficult for power crews to get into areas and do repair work. The utility said it’s doing everything it can to get power back as quickly as possible.
“We’re throwing every resource we have at this,” said NSP spokeswoman Sarah Dawson.
Two hospitals still on backup power
While people wait for the power to come back on warming stations are expected to reopen this morning at fire halls in Glace Bay, Reserve Mines, Sydney River, Florence, Scotchtown, Albert Bridge and Louisbourg.
Two hospitals are still operating on backup power this morning, St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital in Sherbrooke and Harbourview Hospital in Sydney Mines.
“It doesn’t allow you to run every electrical appliance or everything at the same time,” said Gregory Boone spokesman for the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
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