Rural schools closed and some bus routes cancelled in Thunder Bay, Ont., as city gets ready for storm

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Rural schools are closed Wednesday successful Thunder Bay, Ont., and each agrarian schoolhouse autobus routes are cancelled arsenic the metropolis and surrounding country expects up to 30 cm of snow.

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Olivia Levesque · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 6:54 AM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

A schoolhouse autobus drives done a snowstorm.

Rural schools are closed Wednesday successful Thunder Bay, Ont., and each agrarian schoolhouse autobus routes are cancelled for the time arsenic overmuch of the northwest portion prepares for yet different outpouring snowstorm.

Environment Canada has issued aggregate upwind alerts for the northwest, including snowfall warnings for Thunder Bay, Atikokan, northshore, and Greenstone areas. Snowfall is expected to statesman this greeting and proceed done to Thursday.

The upwind bureau is forecasting 20 to 30 centimetres of snow, and perchance much over higher terrain westbound of Thunder Bay.

School closures today

The Lakehead District School Board has closed rural schools today, including Crestview, Five Mile, Gorham Ware, McKenzie, Nor'wester View, Kakabeka, Valley Central and Whitefish Valley schools.
Public committee metropolis schools are unfastened successful Thunder Bay.
The Thunder Bay Catholic Board, French Catholic, and French nationalist schools are unfastened successful the city.

School autobus way cancellations

Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay has cancelled each agrarian schoolhouse autobus routes Wednesday.
More accusation tin beryllium recovered connected the Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay website.

Thunder Bay transit

Thunder Bay Transit said autobus routes whitethorn acquisition imaginable delays contiguous owed to changing roadworthy conditions. People are encouraged to cheque the city's Transit app oregon online for updates.

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