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Buses to almost all Winnipeg schools are not running because of icy side roads.
The province’s education minister said cancelling school bus service while keeping schools open is a move aimed at working parents who need a place for their children to go during the day.
"It is a response to workforce needs," said Peter Bjornson before a speech to a breakfast today organized by the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.
Bjornson downplayed the hazard as parents and children made their ways to school on their own and risked slipping on icy sidewalks and in parking lots.
Staff in many schools were working to make access points to school buildings safe, he said.
"Parents just have to exercise caution with their children as they would on any other given day," Bjornson added.
He said one of his own three children slipped on the way to school Monday.
"One slip for my daughter, she was back on her feet and she knew she had to be more cautious," said Bjornson, whose children are 10, eight and five and attend public school in Winnipeg.
Winnipeg students who do not make it to school will be marked absent, but there will be some leeway in terms of missed work, according to a Winnipeg School Division spokeswoman.
All schools in Lakeshore, Hanover and Interlake school divisions are closed. School buses in St. James-Assiniboia School Division will not run today, but schools are open.
No Brandon School Division buses are operating outside the city, which Alexander, O’Kelly and Spring Valley schools are closed. All other Brandon School Division schools are open, but attendance is at parental discretion where travel is required.
Numerous flights in and out of Winnipeg are delayed or cancelled, mainly because of freezing rain in cities to the east. Check waa.ca for updates.
The Winnipeg temperature is expected to remain at about 2 C all day, with some drizzle and rain. The temperature should drop below freezing Wednesday. The normal high for this time of year is -9 C.
Environment Canada warns about dangerous winter weather conditions, including snow and freezing rain, in the following regions: Dauphin-Roblin-Winnipegosis, Island Lake-Oxford House-Gods Lake, Melita-Boissevain-Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Minnedosa-Neepawa-Russell-Riding Mountain National Park and Virden-Souris.
