Power restored to thousands after overnight outage

Over 12,000 NSP customers were left without power early Tuesday morning. (NSP Outage map)

By Dan Ahlstrand

Posted May 13, 2025 04:48:06 AM.

Last Updated May 13, 2025 11:08:16 AM.

There were a number of residents in Halifax Regional Municipality who spent a long night in the dark after a power outage early Tuesday morning.

Nova Scotia Power reported a motor vehicle collision around 9:30 Monday evening was the cause of an outage that impacted an area that stretched from Chocolate Lake, to Ketch Harbour and West Pennant.

The utility restored electricity around 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday.

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