Manitoba schools close as weather warnings, blizzard cleanup continue
It's another snow day for students at dozens of schools in southern Manitoba as more weather alerts were issued one day after a blizzard.
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Blowing snow advisories and snowfall warnings are in place for parts of the south on Friday, according to Environment Canada.
Driven by yet another Alberta Clipper — which resulted in the rare step of all public school divisions in Winnipeg closing Thursday — a snowfall warning on Friday is expected to drop 10-15 centimetres around rural municipality of Yellowhead, including Shoal Lake and Elphinstone.
It is also forecast to bring winds gusting as high as 60-70 km/h, which means reduced visibility at times as the fresh snow gets whipped around.
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Those winds are also responsible for a blowing snow advisory that covers about half of the Interlake and almost all of southern Manitoba, from the Saskatchewan border to the east side of Lake Winnipeg.
General snowfall amounts across that advisory area are expected to be in the range of five to 12 cm, with higher amounts over the Parklands region.
The following school divisions have cancelled all classes for the day:
Beautiful Plains.
Border Land.
Fort La Bosse.
Garden Valley.
Hanover.
Interlake.
Lakeshore.
Lord Selkirk.
Prairie Rose.
Red River.
Southwest Horizon.
Sunrise.
Turtle Mountain.
Western
Schools in the Seven Oaks division are open for the day but buses are not operating.
Brandon School Division buses are not operating outside the city and classes are cancelled at Alexander, O’Kelly and Spring Valley schools. All other schools will be open.
Attendance at schools is at parental discretion where travel is required.
The province's Franco-Manitoban School Division (DSFM) has cancelled classes in the following schools:
Aurèle-Lemoine.
Gabrielle-Roy.
Jours de Plaine.
Lagimodière.
Pointe des Chênes.
Réal-Bérard.
Ste. Agathe.
St. George.
St. Jean-Baptiste.
Saint-Joachim.
Saint-Lazare.
Schools are open but buses are not running for these DSFM schools:
La Source (Shilo).
Régionale Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes).
École Gilbert-Rosset (St. Claude).
École Noël-Ritchot (St. Norbert).
Most of RRC Polytech’s campuses are open Friday, except for the one in Winkler. As well, the classes at the Steinbach and Arborg language training centres will only be online.
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This article was originally published for CBC News.