3 days ago
6,000 N.B. Power customers without power, some schools closed
Over 6,000 N.B. Power customers woke up in the dark on Thursday morning in the western region of the province, closing several schools.
Dominique Couture, spokesperson for N.B. Power, said the issue is an outage in the transmission system. She said it is suspected that the outage may have been caused by contact with trees, but the cause remains under investigation and will be confirmed as more information comes in.
She said the outage began last night and crews have been working overnight.
N.B. Power's estimated restoration time on its website says noon to 1 p.m.
The Anglophone West School District closed several schools because of the outage:
Carleton North High School
Florenceville Elementary School
Florenceville Middle School
Centreville Community School
Bristol Elementary School
Bath Community School
