Most schools on P.E.I. closed Monday as winter storm rolls through the Maritimes

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Most public schools on Prince Edward Island are closed Monday, as a winter storm rolling through the Maritimes brings snow and blustery conditions to the Island.

The Public Schools Branch said the Westisle Family of Schools are opening, but with a one hour delay, while all other PSB families of schools are cancelled due to road and weather conditions.

In the French-language school board, École Pierre-Chaisson in Tignish will open on a one-hour delay this morning. All other schools in la Commission Scolaire de Langue Française are cancelled.

A number of health services across P.E.I. are cancelled or delaying opening due to the weather. Islanders are encouraged to visit the Health P.E.I. website for the latest updates.

A yellow winter storm warning for eastern parts of the Island, issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada on Sunday, is still in effect, as well as a special weather statement for central P.E.I.

Provincial civil service offices in all three counties are on a delayed opening until 9:30 this morning, with a further announcement by 8:30 a.m.

All UPEI locations will delay opening until noon, with a further announcement at 10 a.m.

All Holland College locations will delay opening until noon, and a further announcement will be made by 10:30 AM.

Island Montessori Academy in Stratford and Cornwall will be closed for the day.

Charlottetown City Hall and its administrative offices are on a delayed opening until 9:30 a.m. A further announcement is expected by 8:30 a.m.

Simmons Sports Centre and Cody Banks Arena are on a delayed opening until 10 a.m. with a further update by 9 a.m.

All Northumberland ferry crossings between Caribou, N.S., and Wood Islands, P.E.I., are cancelled Monday. 

T3 Transit has cancelled the following runs:

• E1 – Early morning Souris/St. Peter’s to Charlottetown.
• E4 – Charlottetown to Montague.
• E2 – Early morning Montague/Georgetown to Charlottetown.

The transit service is warning riders should expect delays on all other routes

Stormy weather to continue in Kings County until this evening

“Kings County is going to take the worst of this over the next 12 hours,” CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin said, adding that up to another 15 centimetres of snow is possible in that area.

“The further east you are across the Island the worse the weather is going to be.”

Winds are expected to pick up out of the northwest, with gusts up to 70 kilometres per hour — but in Kings County, those gusts could be near 90 kilometers per hour throughout the morning and into the afternoon, Simpkin said.

Snow is expected to taper off in Prince and Queens counties, although Simpkin said there is a possibility of a couple more centimeters of snow.

More to come.