Extreme cold causes school closures Monday
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Several Manitoba school divisions have cancelled classes because of extreme cold Monday.
Seine River and Turtle Mountain are among the divisions that cancelled school for the day. Seine River has several schools in the St. Norbert area of Winnipeg,
Lord Selkirk School Division’s schools will remain open, but its buses aren’t running. Bus service for École Noël-Ritchot is cancelled, but the Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine site in St. Norbert is open.
R.H.G. Bonnycastle School is dealing with a power outage, leading to a morning school closure. The closure will end once power is restored; officials don’t know when that time will come.
Winnipeg and surrounding regions are blanketed by an extreme cold warning. Winnipeg’s wind chill hit -47 this morning and will hover around -39 in the afternoon, Environment Canada has forecast. Frostbite occurs in minutes.
The weather follows a weekend of extreme cold and a blizzard Friday. Cold Arctic air is sweeping through the region.