A power outage is not what you want to experience as you prepare for the first day of school but there was a major disruption last night with thousands of people still in the dark this morning.The power went out around 7:30 last night in a large part of the east side, the Valley and Kingston Peninsula all the way, we are told towards Sussex.
Some parts of East Saint John as you make your way to the airport did not get reconnected until around 1:30 this morning.
As of early this morning, NB Power reports there are more than 11 thousand people outside the city still without electricity.
CHSJ News fhas been told three insulators blew along High way 111 but there has been no official word on the cause from either NB Power or Saint John Energy.
