Storm knocks out power to thousands in Nova Scotia

CITYnews halifax/ By Dan Ahlstrand

Wednesday’s storm caused several power outages across Nova Scotia.

The Nova Scotia Power outage map shows just over 12,000 customers without power provincewide as of 12:30 p.m.

Earlier outages in the Dartmouth and Eastern Passage areas, which were estimated to be restored by 7 p.m., were fixed by 1 p.m.

Many of the remaining outages are in northern Nova Scotia through into Cape Breton.