Nova Scotia Power temporarily shut off power in parts of Cape Breton to carry out repairs

As many as 11,000 Nova Scotia Power customers in parts of Cape Breton were without power Sunday after the utility temporarily shut off electricity to carry out repairs.

This morning, around 3,000 customers were without power in the Whycocomagh area. To fix the power problem there, the utility had to shut off electricity to a larger area that included Chéticamp, Inverness, Mabou and Baddeck. Those areas had also lost power Saturday, with around 9,000 customers affected.

The planned outage began at noon AT and was expected to last two hours.

But as of 3:30 p.m., the utility's outage map showed that power had been restored to all affected areas.

In a post on X, the utility said the additional outage was being done to ensure power could be safely restored to all areas.

Asked what the cause of the initial outage was, a Nova Scotia Power spokesperson said the company was focused on restoring power.

Bonny MacIsaac, warden for the Municipality of the County of Inverness, said the outage coincided with the busy Inverness Gathering weekend.

She said some businesses had to close as a result of the outage. When she spoke with CBC News Sunday morning, she said some had not reopened. This included the only grocery store in the community of Inverness.

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