More than 90,000 N.B. Power customers lost power during post-tropical storm Lee, and about 90 per cent of them now have their power restored, said N.B. Power spokesperson Dominique Couture.
A Saint John recycling plant, which was the site of a massive fire that prompted a city-wide air quality warning, has been ordered to stop operating until an investigation is done.
Investigations are underway into what caused a fire inside a harbourfront scrap metal pile in Saint John, but whatever triggered it, investigators and industry leaders across North America acknowledge fire has become an increasingly common problem in the scrap metal business.