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Raccoon, equipment failure spark separate Lower Sackville power outages » The Laker News

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LOWER SACKVILLE: Two separate power outages in Lower Sackville this week left thousands of customers temporarily without electricity. According to Nova Scotia Power spokesperson Jackie Foster, the first outage occurred Sunday night Feb. 15 shortly after 9:30 p.m. It was caused by a raccoon that crawled onto equipment inside a local substation. Approximately 6,700 customers were affected. Power was restored around 1:30 a.m. A second outage took p…
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The Laker broke the news in on Sunday, February 22, 2026.
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