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It was a slippery start to the Monday morning commute with only some students and staff returning from Spring break.

The Trans-Canada highway was closed from Austin to Saskatchewan and a small piece of Highway 2 in Western Manitoba was also shut down. Both roads have since reopened. Despite the fact traffic is moving again in those areas, many schools decided to extend spring break by a day and closed up shop for the safety of staff and students. Pine Creek, Prairie Rose, and Beautiful Plains divisions closed all schools for the day.

Updated Monday, April 3rd at 4:45 p.m. - Environment Canada has upgraded the severe weather alert for much of Southern Manitoba to a Winter Storm Warning. Late Monday afternoon the upgraded alert was issued for the Red River Valley and all of Southeastern Manitoba including the Morden, Carman, Winkler, Altona, Emerson, Morris, Vita and Sprague regions.

A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect for the Killarney, Pilot Mound and Manitou areas.

Updated at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, April 2nd - Stormy, and feeling very much like winter weather, is on the forecast agenda for the next three of four days.

UPDATE: 1:00 PM Friday, March 31, 2023

As a result of continued investigation by Rosetown RCMP into the report of a threat directed at Rosetown Central High School, a youth was arrested on March 30th and charged with two counts Uttering Threats, contrary to Section 264.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The youth is scheduled to appear in court on May 5, 2023, in Rosetown. The youth cannot be named or identified in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy is doing a series of discussions on Governing Sustainable Municipalities, and 'A Sustainable Future' will be the topic during Thursday's presentation at the Credit Union Sparks Centre in Weyburn.

The school's executive-in-residence, Dan Florizone, said municipalities are essential in working toward a sustainable future.

Spring is here, and thousands of students are not on their way to school this morning, and won't be this week. There will be a lot of families traveling this week, and it seems every year there’s some sort of storm over Spring Break. Is that in the weather cards for 2023?

CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner agrees with that sentiment, that there always seems to be some sort of storm over that final week of March.

Your input on living in a community equipped for the effects of climate change is what a Saskatchewan grad school professor is hoping to tap into next week in Swift Current.

The Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy's Governing Sustainable Municipalities project is running presentations in four Saskatchewan communities.

Update March 14th at 7:24 p.m. - Environment Canada has ended all Blowing Snow Advisories across Southern Manitoba. The wind is expected to diminish throughout the Tuesday evening hours, becoming light late tonight and overnight to Wednesday morning.

Highways throughout the region are reported partly ice or ice covered Tuesday evening, as the blowing snow melted, became slush and has frozen on roadways throughout the area.

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Updated Saturday, March 11th at 7:40 p.m. - A number of highways have been closed in the Pembina Valley Saturday night:

Highway 3 from the junction of Highway 34 south of Crystal City to Sperling

Highway 13 from Carman to Oakville

Highway 14 from Rosenfeld to the jct of Highway 3 between Morden and Winkler

Highway 23 from Morris to Swan Lake

Highway 31 from the U.S. border to Highway 3

Highway 32 from the U.S. border to Winkler

Highway 34 from the jct of Highway 3 to Holland

PR 201 from the jct of 306 to Highway 32

Any signs Spring was just around the corner will be more than likely be buried underneath a significant layer of snow by the end of the weekend. For some areas, Saturday's dump will be the biggest of the season, with all of Southern Manitoba expecting at least some snowfall. That is from CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner.