School closures & cancellations in N.S. Wednesday

Many schools across the province are closed on Wednesday because of weather.

If any students had exams or evaluations, their schedules will simply move forward a day.

South Shore Regional Centre for Education: All schools are closed.

Tri County Regional Centre for Education: All schools are closed.

Annapolis Valley regional Centre for Education: All schools are closed.

Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education: All schools are closed.

Strait Regional Centre for Education: Buses in Inverness County are travelling on paved roads only. The Fanning Education Centre/Canso Academy was dismissed at 9:45 a.m.

The rest of the schools in the region were dismissed at 1 p.m.

Conseil scolaire acadien provincial: All schools closed. Belle-Baie School is open, but it will close early at 11 a.m.

Halifax Regional Centre for Education: All schools will close two hours early.

Students who take the bus home will be picked up two hours earlier than their normal school dismissal time, according to their website. Students who don’t take the bus will be sent home at their scheduled lunch hour. All after school EXCEL programs are cancelled.

NSCC: Some campuses are closing early Wednesday. Akerley, the Institute of Technology, and Ivany closed at noon.

The Strait Area Campus and the Wagmatcook Learning Centre are closing at 2 pm.

Dalhousie University: Halifax and Truro campuses closed at 1 p.m.

Saint Mary’s University: Closed at 1 p.m.

Mount Saint Vincent University: Closing at 2 p.m.

Special weather statements are in effect for Halifax County – east of Porters Lake – to Victoria County.

Environment Canada is forecasting up to 20 cm of snowfall for the region from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning, persisting over the Cape Breton Highlands until Thursday evening.

Periods of blowing snow are possible, especially over exposed areas.