Winter weather causing school bus cancellations, highway closures in Manitoba
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The winter weather conditions across Manitoba have caused some highway closures and school bus cancellations on Friday morning.
The winter weather conditions across Manitoba have caused some highway closures and school bus cancellations on Friday morning.
According to Manitoba 511, the westbound lanes of Highway 1 are closed from Brandon to Highway 21 due to poor driving conditions. Highway 250 from Highway 1 to Souris is also closed.
Along with these highway closures, some school divisions are reporting bus cancellations.
The Prairie Rose School Division announced that bus service is cancelled for regions A and B; however, buses are running in region C.
In the Brandon School Division, buses will not be operating outside the city due to highway closures, but buses will be running within Brandon. The Alexander School is closed, while all other schools in the division are open
These road closures and bus cancellations come as some southern Manitoba communities, including Winkler, Steinbach and Portage la Prairie, are facing a blowing snow advisory.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued this advisory on Friday morning, saying that the combination of northwesterly wind gusts of up to 70 km/h and freshly fallen snow are causing reduced visibilities.
