by Steve MacArthur
You’ll need the snow brush and maybe a bit of shovelling to start your week.
Most of the province is getting its first real snowfall of the season with 15-20 centimetres expected depending on where you live.
It has prompted snowfall warnings for much of the mainland and in western Cape Breton. The storm is expected is last most of the day.
Many schools are closed including classes in the Annapolis Valley, South Shore, Chignecto and Strait.
School Closures & Cancellations
Halifax Regional Centre for Education – No classes as it’s a PD for teachers. Offices and worksites open.
Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Educarion – All schools (including the Municipality of East Hants, and Counties of Colchester, Cumberland and Pictou) are closed. Offices and worksites will remain open.
Strait Regional Centre for Education – All classes cancelled.
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education – All classes cancelled
South Shore Regional Centre for Education – All classes cancelled
Tri-County Regional Centre for Education – All Digby County Schools are closed. C.S.A.P. Schools are open in Clare and Argyle
NSCAD campuses will be closed, there will be no classes (either online and in-person), all operations will be paused and there is no access to studio spaces.
All NSCC Campuses in Metro
NSCC Truro Campus
NSCC Kingstec Campus in Kentville
NSCC Strait Area Campus
NSCC Pictou Campus
NSCC Lunenburg Campus
Several schools within C.S.A.P. are closed for the day
Transportation
Most flights in and out of Halifax Stanfield are not impacted but best to check ahead if you need to catch a flight.
If you want to get a look at the highway if you are hitting the road, here’s a link to highway cameras across Nova Scotia
The latest on road conditions can be found at Nova Scotia 511
Power Outages
Nova Scotia Power is reporting more than 18,000 outages with the bulk of them in the Halifax and Dartmouth areas.
