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Winter storm shuts down multiple schools and highways in Manitoba

More than 15 school divisions in Manitoba are closed Monday as the tail end of a winter storm continues to whip through.

A low pressure system cutting across the province has brought strong winds and snowfall warnings to start the week.

The following school divisions are closed for the day:

  • Beautiful Plains School Division.
  • Border Land School Division.
  • Brandon School Division.
  • Evergreen School Division.
  • Fort La Bosse School Division.
  • Garden Valley School Division.
  • Hanover School Division.
  • Lakeshore School Division.
  • Lord Selkirk School Division.
  • Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna.
  • Pine Creek School Division.
  • Prairie Rose School Division.
  • Prairie Spirit School Division.
  • Red River Valley School Division.
  • Rolling River School Division.
  • Seine River School Division.
  • Southwest Horizon School Division.

Brandon University has also cancelled classes for Monday, and all provincial court sittings in Brandon have been cancelled.

Heavy snowfall, which began Sunday, is continuing to fall across central and eastern portions of the province with another 10-15 centimetres expected by the time the system starts to abate in the late morning, according to Environment Canada.

Winds will also continue to be strong before the system begins to move out, which means all of that fresh snow will be whipped around, reducing visibility at times.

Meanwhile almost all of southern Manitoba was under a blowing snow advisory through the early hours of Monday, which also caused reduced visibility. That advisory was lifted shortly before 7:30 a.m. as the system moved northeast into Ontario.

A number of highways remain closed due to poor driving conditions, primarily in western Manitoba.

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