Nova Scotia storm knocks out power to thousands, cancels flights and some classes

A messy mix of snow and rain has knocked out power to more than 19,000 Nova Scotia Power customers, cancelled flights and led to warnings of slippery road conditions.

Most of the outages are in Colchesterand Cumberland counties as well as areas aroundNew Glasgow.According NSP's website, the estimated restoration time could be as late as 6 p.m. AT.

All schools in the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board cancelled classes on Wednesday. Some campuses of NSCCeither cancelled or delayedclasses.

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Several highways north of Halifax were snow covered Wednesday morning but passable with caution. The Department of Transportation warned of slippery conditions with a messy mix of snow and rain on many roads, especially in Kings County east, Cumberland County, Cape Breton County and southern Inverness County.

Half a dozen flights were cancelled flying into and out of Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

Annapolis Valley Regional School Board buses won't be travelling to Halifax for WE Day, a huge youth empowerment event scheduled for the Scotiabank Centre.

Nova Scotia dodged the worst of the outages. In New Brunswick, 43,000 NB Power customers were affected by outages Wednesday morning.

Prince Edward Island had some customers who may not be reconnected until Thursday, many of whom were still out since thestorm earlier this week.