Flooding, power outages cancel classes

Storm-related power outages and damage have prompted multiple school closures across Winnipeg.

Elementary, middle and high school leaders in communities impacted by strong winds and hail called off classes early Wednesday.

The Winnipeg School Division has asked students not to report to Collège Churchill High School, citing “flooding and major water damage.”

John Taylor Collegiate in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division has cancelled almost all morning programming due to the loss of power. Grade 12 students who were scheduled to write a math exam today are the exception.

“(Test-takers) will be moved to a classroom space with plenty of natural light,” the high school wrote in a social media post.

SJASD’s Hedges Middle School and Buchanan School have also announced closures.