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Storm brings snow, wind and rain to parts of Atlantic Canada

Click to play video: 'Late winter storm hits New Brunswick'
Late winter storm hits New Brunswick
WATCH: A large Nor'easter struck New Brunswick on Thursday, causing business closures, airport delays and warnings to drivers. Adrienne South reports – Mar 8, 2018

A large nor’easter was blowing through much of Atlantic Canada today, with another system expected to bring more messy weather over the weekend.

Environment Canada issued special weather warnings for Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, P.E.I. and New Brunswick.

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March storm causes tricky morning commute in Halifax

Snow was forecast to develop over southwestern portions of Nova Scotia before eventually spreading eastward and turning to rain.

A school bus went off the road on Buckingham Drive in Upper Tantallon on Thursday morning. RCMP reported 15 motor vehicle accidents in the Halifax district between 8:30 a.m. and noon. (Submitted/Jason Dain).

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New Brunswick was expected to get heavy winds and up to 20 centimetres of snow, with another 15 centimetres possible from another system moving in Saturday.

Schools, some businesses and transit services were either closed or limited in parts of New Brunswick, while Nova Scotia Power was reporting about 82 outages due in part to high winds

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The Halifax Regional School Board says it will close 10 schools due to the power outages.

Newfoundland was also under a special weather warning and could get snow Friday and into Saturday, but it wasn’t clear how much will fall.

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