Several schools in the Weymouth and Clare areas cancelled classes Monday because of a significant power outage in the region.

The&nbsp;Tri-County Regional Centre for Education announced Monday morning that&nbsp;St. Mary's Bay Academy and Weymouth Consolidated School are closed.&nbsp;

Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial announced&nbsp;École Stella-Maris, École Joseph Dugas, and École Secondaire de Clare are&nbsp;closed Monday as well.

According to the Nova Scotia Power website, the outages in the area were affecting about 6,100 customers at 7 a.m. The estimated restoration time is 12 p.m.

The website says the outages were caused by damage to transmission equipment.

Nova Scotia predicts big bump in organ donations under new law

Adults in Nova Scotia will be considered automatic organ donors unless they opt out when a new law comes into effect later this year. The province expects the opt-out system will increase donations by as much as 50 per cent.

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Nova Scotia's Department of Health and Wellness estimates there will be an additional 10 organ donations and 138 tissue donations in the first year of the presumed consent law.

Rise again: Cape Breton population grows after more than 20 years of decline

After 20 years of decline, Cape Breton Island's population grew last year and that drove down the chronically high unemployment rate for the first time since 2008, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality is considering adding electric buses to its diesel fleet, but there is some concern about the cost of switching over.

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Minor earthquake shakes homes, baffles residents in Dartmouth

More than 400 people reported feeling an earthquake that shook the Dartmouth, N.S., neighborhood of Montebello Sunday night.

Residents in the Montebello neighborhood of Dartmouth were startled by a minor earthquake Sunday evening.

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'This stuff happens to us every day': Rally aims to call attention to police brutality

Dozens of people, including adults and children, gathered outside Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street Sunday afternoon to speak out against police brutality.

Kate MacDonald at Taking Back the Streets with Joy rally at Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street. 

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Kate MacDonald is shown at a rally at Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street. 

Olympians surprise Truro students with personal video messages

Truro teacher Kyle Cormier has been putting Twitter to good use by reaching out to notable African Canadian athletes. His students did biographies on the athletes and he asked them to send personalized messages. So far Cormier is two for two.

Kyle Cormier is a Grace 6 teacher at Redcliff Middle School near Truro, N.S. 

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Kyle Cormier is a Grade 6 teacher at Redcliff Middle School near Truro, N.S. 

The Nova Scotia Power website says about 6,100 people were affected by the outages at 7 a.m. Monday.

Power outages shutter schools in Clare, Weymouth areas

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