{"id":17156,"date":"2016-01-31T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17156"},"modified":"2016-01-31T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T15:18:59","slug":"thousands-still-without-power-in-cape-breton-and-eastern-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17156","title":{"rendered":"Thousands still without power in Cape Breton and eastern Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thousands still without power in Cape Breton and eastern Nova Scotia\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Some may have to wait until 11:30 p.m tonight before power is restored<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Power line technician Scott Leyte working overnight to try and restore power in New Glasgow. (Harold MacLeod\/Nova Scotia Power)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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\u00a0two hospitals continue to operate with power from\u00a0emergency generators.<\/p>\n

As of 10:40\u00a0a.m. Sunday morning about 12,000\u00a0Nova Scotia Power customers had no power.<\/p>\n

Some have been without electricity\u00a0since Friday evening, several areas in\u00a0Cape Breton, Antigonish, Goshen, Sheet Harbour and Stellarton are affected.<\/p>\n