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Storm brings heavy snowfall, gusty winds to Atlantic Canada

File - Waves pound the shore at Peggy's Cove, N.S. on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

A spring storm has closed schools and delayed business openings in parts of Atlantic Canada.

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Western Newfoundland and Labrador were getting heavy snowfall, along with winds expected to gust up to 130 km/h.

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Schools on the western edge of the province were closed, while many in the central region were delaying their openings as Environment Canada maintained storm warnings for much of Newfoundland.

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In Nova Scotia, classes were also being cancelled in Cape Breton and some flights were delayed at the Halifax airport, which reported about 23 centimetres of snow.

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The Sydney area in Cape Breton got about 30 centimetres of snow and winds gusted to 60 km/h.

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Marine Atlantic ferries cancelled some crossings to Newfoundland, and provincial government offices in the Corner Brook area were closed for the morning.

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