Police Warn Drivers To Stay Off Roads As Storm Closes Area Schools

by Bobby NockMarch 20, 2017

Regional Police are asking people to stay off the roads this morning unless they have to travel.

Police add about 15 centimetres of snow has already fallen and there’s reduced visibility in blowing snow.

Meanwhile, classes at all schools in the Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board are cancelled today.

The Marconi Campus of the Community College is also closed for the day, along with Etoile de l’Acadie in Sydney.

Provincial government offices in the Regional Municipality will delay opening until 10:00, this morning.

Cape Breton University is closed this morning and will announce the status of afternoon classes at 11:30 this morning.

Meanwhile, Spring officially arrives at 7:28 this morning.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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