Winter storm shuts schools across the Maritimes and causes power outages in Nova Scotia | Unpublished
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Publication Date: January 19, 2026 - 08:53

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Winter storm shuts schools across the Maritimes and causes power outages in Nova Scotia

January 19, 2026

An overnight storm has dumped heavy, wet snow across the Maritimes, leaving more than 120,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia without electricity this morning.

Across the region, schools and government offices were closed for the day or delayed opening, and scores of health-care services were cancelled.



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