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Some schools in Nova Scotia were closed Monday as a blast of wintry weather pounded the province.
The storm started on Sunday and warnings remained in effect Monday morning for Victoria, Inverness, Antigonish and Pictou counties, as well as northern Colchester County.
Those regions were expecting 25 to 40 centimetres by the time the snow ended later Monday. Winds were also expected to gust up to 90 kilometres an hour, causing blowing snow.
All schools of the Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education and Strait Regional Centre for Education were closed on Monday.
There was a two-hour delay to the start of school in the South Shore Regional Centre for Education.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education schools in the following families of schools were closed: Bay View High, Eastern Shore District High, Marine Drive and Musquodoboit Rural High.
All other HRCE schools were delayed in opening by two hours.
In the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education, schools in the West Hants area and the school families of Horton, NKEC and Central Kings were closed.
Some schools in Conseil scolaire acadien provincial were also closed.
Due to high winds in the Northumberland Strait, all crossings between Wood Islands, P.E.I., and Caribou, N.S., were cancelled on Monday. The 7:30 a.m. sailing out of Wood Islands and the 8:30 a.m. sailing out of Caribou was also cancelled for Tuesday.
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