Nova Scotia Power said service has been restored to&nbsp;most of the areas affected by outages Saturday.

At the height of the outages, there were more than 5,800 customers without electricity.

Power was restored to most areas by 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

 weakened tree branches from the storm mixed with high winds this weekend kept power crews occupied.

How do you clean up a contaminated 150-year-old gold mine?

Montague Gold Mines in Dartmouth, N.S., and Goldenville near Sherbrooke, are two of the most toxic former gold mines in the province. The province is planning to clean them up.

An archival, black and white photo shows a row of wooden buildings at a gold mine.

Montague gold mine

4 cruise ships to bring 6,000 people to Sydney on Saturday

The port in Sydney, N.S., is preparing for a busy Saturday, with four vessels expected to call on the city. While three ships were originally scheduled to arrive, a fourth — the Silver Wind — is arriving a day early due to weather.

The cruise ship Silver Wind leaves port in St. John's, May  8, 2019.

Cruise ship Silver Wind

The cruise ship Silver Wind is one of the vessels expected in Sydney on Saturday. This is an image of the ship leaving port in St. John's back in May.

Halifax teens find 310-million-year-old fossils in Grand Lake

Two 15-year-old boys from Halifax discovered fossils of reptilian, amphibian and invertebrate footprints and trails along the shores of Grand Lake, and Rowan Norrad and Luke Allen are now working with New Brunswick Museum researchers to examine the find and further study the site.

One of the fossil footprints Rowan Norrad and Luke Allen, two Halifax teens, found on the shores of Grand Lake.

More than 5,800 Nova Scotians without power at height of outages on Saturday

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