By mid-afternoon on Saturday, more than 66,000 customers in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island were still waiting for their lights to come back on
More than 90 per cent of Maritime Electric’s customers were in the dark on the Island at the height of the storm, as were 80 per cent of Nova Scotia Power’s customers.
Utility officials in both provinces have said it could take into the coming week before most of their customers have electricity.
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