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Scattered Power Outages Remain After High Winds

The lights are back on for thousands of Saint John Energy customers following a series of outages on Tuesday.

A downed line knocked out power for around 170 customers in the Westmorland Road and Retail Drive area in the afternoon.

The lights were back on shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday.

A second outage around 5:30 p.m. left around 2,100 homes and businesses without power in the Manawagonish Road and Westgate area.

All power was restored in that area before 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Meanwhile, NB Power is reporting around 800 customers without power as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, mainly in northeastern New Brunswick.

Locally, there are around a dozen homes and businesses without power. The utility said lights should be back on by around 11 a.m. Wednesday.

  • Brad Perry is an award-winning news anchor and reporter and a 2013 graduate of the NBCC journalism program. Based in New Brunswick, he is also the assistant national news director for Acadia Broadcasting. Contact Brad at perry.brad@radioabl.ca.

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May 20, 2026
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