Snow causes closure of rural Thunder Bay schools
Student transportation also cancelled on Wednesday
The Thunder Bay area's first major snowfall of the winter has led to the closure of some rural schools.
A winter storm warning remains in effect for the city, west to the Atikokan area, and the north shore, on Wednesday morning.
The warning, issued by Environment Canada, states 10 to 20 centimetres of snow is expected by the time the storm tapers off on Wednesday night, along with winds gusting to 70 km/h.
In a media release issued Wednesday morning, Lakehead Public Schools said due to poor visibility, and wet and heavy snow, all rural student transportation was cancelled on Wednesday.
Crestview, Five Mile, Gorham and Ware, Kakabeka Falls, McKenzie, Nor'Wester View, Valley Central, and Whitefish Valley schools were closed Wednesday, as well.
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In another media release, Student Transportation Services, said all public and Catholic schools in Thunder Bay remained open, and all city school bus routes were in operation on Wednesday.
In the region, Algoma and Huron-Superior Transportation Services said it was cancelling student transportation in its northern area on Wednesday. That includes the towns of Hornepayne and White River.
Meanwhile, the snowfall means the City of Thunder Bay has implemented winter priority route and calendar parking restrictions for the winter as of 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Calendar parking restrictions keep one side of a street clear per day to allow for snow plowing, and are in effect between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily.
Route restrictions prohibit parking on priority snowplow routes between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. daily.
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This article was originally published for CBC News.