The winter storm that has enveloped the province is making for some harsh conditions early Tuesday morning and has closed highways and schools across Manitoba.
Blizzards, ice, and freezing rain have left many highways, including Highway 1 between Highway 21 and 5, closed on Tuesday morning. That means the busiest route in or out of Brandon is shut down until further notice.
Brandon’s Mayor, Rick Chrest said all hands are on deck to try and make sure everyone is okay.
“There’s a big responsibility for a city along the Trans-Canada highway, “Chrest said. We’ve seen an increase in new hotels and restaurants along the highway in recent years. That certainly helps out in situations like this. Everyone comes together in storms. People are stopping to help push stuck cars or to make sure stranded travelers are ok.”
Other road closures include:
- Highway 2 from Highway 10 to Highway 13
- Highway 16 from the Saskatchewan border to just before Portage la Prairie
- Highway 45 near Russell
- Highway 5 from Grandview to Highway 582
- Highway 20 from Highway 5 to Highway 269
- Highway 10 from Highway 5 to Cowan
Highway 75 is open, but most of the roads west of it are closed.
You can find an updated list of other road closures and conditions here.
Schools across Manitoba are also cancelling classes on Tuesday:
- Brandon University (all classes cancelled)
- Pine Creek School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Prairie Rose School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Lakeshore School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Brandon School Division will not be operating buses outside of the city and Alexander, O’Kelly and Spring Valley Schools are closed
- Southwest Horizon School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Fort la Bosse School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Rolling River School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Turtle Mountain School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Park West School Division (every school in the division closed)
- Franco Manitoban School Division (Saint-Lazare, Jours de Plaine, La Source, ERND, and Gilbert-Rosset all closed)
Currently, many areas of Manitoba are still under a blizzard or winter storm warning.
Parts of the province received as much as 40 centimetres of snow overnight Monday, but the winter conditions are expected to slow Tuesday night.
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