Storm system arrives in Thunder Bay cancelling some rural schools and bus routes
There's a number of winter weather warnings across areas of northwestern Ontario, resulting in some closures and cancellations in the region.
Thunder Bay and the surrounding areas could get between 25 to 45 centimetres of snow between Sunday and Wednesday evening, according to an Environment Canada.
Environment Canada said road closures are possible and recommended postponing non-essential travel until after the storm. The storm will be moving northeast toward Lake Superior and will continue north over northern Ontario.
Heavy snow combined with strong northerly winds are expected to reduce visibility at times.
Here's the latest information you need about bus service, school closures and highway conditions across northwestern Ontario.
School bus route cancellations
All rural school bus routes have been cancelled for the day for all four local school boards. For more updates, check here.
The Lakehead Public District School Board has closed several rural schools as well, including:
Crestview
Five Mile
Gorham Ware
McKenzie
Northwesterview
Kakabeka
Valley Central
Whitefish Valley
In the city of Thunder Bay itself, all schools are open and transportation for students is expected to continue as usual throughout the day.
Live highway conditions
All highways remain open Monday morning.
For more information on road closures, visit Ontario 511.
If you're seeing something out on the roads we should let others know about, send us an email at thunderbay@cbc.ca.
Municipal transit
Wheelchair accessible vehicles are cancelled for the day.
This article was originally published for CBC News.
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