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Nova Scotia Power says ‘vandalism’ led to outages in Truro area

Proposed legislative changes introduced in Nova Scotia are aimed at softening the blow of what will likely be a significant future increase in power bills. Callum Smith has more – Oct 19, 2022

Nova Scotia Power says an emergency outage happened in the Truro and Stewiacke area after “vandalism” at a substation. Thousands temporarily lost power.

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The utility said just before noon on Saturday that a perpetrator cut wires off a transformer, “risking their safety and the public’s.”

In a tweet, it said the “emergency outage was necessary so that crews could safely respond and make repairs.”

As of 2 p.m., power was restored to customers in that area.

RCMP told Global News their Colchester County District detachment responded to the break-in at the power substation in Upper Onslow on Saturday. Police said someone had broken in, caused damage and “stolen a significant amount of copper.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Colchester County District RCMP or CrimeStoppers.

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