Dozens of schools closed as Manitoba faces another day of weather warnings, cleanup from blizzard
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It’s another snow day for students at dozens of schools in southern Manitoba as more weather alerts issued one day after a blizzard.
Blowing snow advisories and snowfall warnings are in place for parts of the south on Friday, according to Environment Canada.
The following school divisions have cancelled all classes for the day:
- Beautiful Plains.
- Border Land.
- Fort La Bosse.
- Garden Valley.
- Lakeshore.
- Lord Selkirk.
- Prairie Rose.
- Red River.
- Southwest Horizon.
- Sunrise.
- Turtle Mountain.
- Western
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.
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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.
