Power outage causes some school closures
Posted Feb 19, 2016 06:42:44 AM.
Last Updated Feb 19, 2016 08:27:50 AM.
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No lights means no school for some kids in the St. Margarets Bay area.
The Halifax Regional School Board says they’ve had to close three schools because of a power outage.
Students at Five Bridges Junior High, East St. Margaret’s Elementary and St. Margaret’s Bay Elementary are getting a long weekend.
The Nova Scotia Health Authority says they’ve also had to close the St. Margaret’s Bay blood collection clinic.
Nova Scotia Power says a high voltage breaker at the Tidewater Substation failed at midnight, which ties the St. Margaret’s Bay hydro facility to the transmission line.
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