Snowy conditions cause school delays across P.E.I.

CBC

30 January 2025 at 5:16 am

Snowy weather causes delays across Prince Edward Island Thursday morning, following a night of blowing and drifting snow due to strong northerly to westerly winds. (Thinh Nguyen/CBC - image credit)

Snowy conditions cause delays across Prince Edward Island Thursday morning, following a night of blowing and drifting snow due to strong northerly to westerly winds.

All schools across the province will open one hour later than usual, with an update at 8 a.m.

Holland College's Tourism and Culinary Centre is also delaying its opening, with an update at 7 a.m.

Roads across the province are snow covered, and the plow dispatcher for Prince County said there are blowing snow and icy patches, and roads in Queens County are icy.

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