Treacherous driving conditions lead to school closures across western Manitoba

Several schools are closed Wednesday morning after a low-pressure system brought significant winter weather to western Manitoba.

This has led to treacherous driving conditions on highways in the area, and ultimately the closure of schools. 

The system is weakening and conditions are expected to improve by this afternoon.

Find a list of closures and bus cancellations below. 

School Closures

• Beautiful Plains School Division- All schools closed
• Brandon School Division- Alexander, O’Kelly, and Spring Valley Schools are closed.
• Christian Heritage School- All classes are cancelled
• Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine – École Saint-Lazare, École Jours de Plaine, École La Source, and École Notre-Dame de Lourdes are closed
• Flin Flon School Division- All schools closed
• Fort La Bosse School Division- All schools are closed
• Mountain View School Division- All schools are closed
• Park West School Division- All schools are closed
• Pine Creek School Division- All schools are closed
• Portage la Prairie School Division- Hutterian and Oakville schools are closed
• Prairie Rose School Division- All schools in Region A are closed
• Prairie Spirit School Division- All schools are closed
• Rolling River School Division- All schools are closed
• South West Horizon School Division- All schools are closed
• Turtle River School Division- All schools are closed

Bus cancellations

• Brandon School Division- Buses will not be operating outside the City of Brandon
• Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine- Buses are cancelled for Gilbert-Rosset
• Portage la Prairie School Division- All buses are cancelled
• Swan Valley School Division- All buses are cancelled