Most schools in New Brunswick closed due to snowy, icy conditions

Many New Brunswickers dealt with snow and freezing rain on Thursday.

Most schools in New Brunswick are closed Thursday due to a messy mix of snow, ice pellets and freezing rain.

Weather alerts

Yellow freezing rain warnings are in effect for central and much of southern New Brunswick.

The freezing rain is expected to transition to rain in the morning.

The warning says roads and walkways will likely become icy and slippery and property or tree damage is possible due to the weight of the ice.

A yellow freezing rain warning also remains in place for Prince County on Prince Edward Island.

“Freezing rain is expected to transition to rain this morning. Local utility outages are possible. Be very careful if walking or driving,” the warning reads.

There are currently no weather alerts in Nova Scotia.

CTV Atlantic meteorologist Kalin Mitchell says the Maritimes can expect temperatures to fall below zero Thursday night and remain colder for Friday. People should be cautious of any wet or slushy surfaces turning icy during that time.

School closures

All schools in New Brunswick are affected by closures Thursday, except for the Anglophone South School District.

Most schools on P.E.I. are on a one-hour delay.

Schools North of Smokey in Cape Breton will also be delayed in opening by one hour.

A full list of school closures can be found here.

Power

NB Power says outages are scattered across the province with the greatest area of impact around Bouctouche.

“We know being without power is difficult and icy road conditions are impacting restoration times as crews are working as safely and efficiently to respond to emergencies and restore power,” the utility said in an email to CTV Atlantic.

As of 5:30 p.m., there were 8 unplanned outages in New Brunswick affecting 443 customers.

At that time on P.E.I., Maritime Electric reported 2 customers without power. Nova Scotia Power reported 10 outages affecting 20 customers.

Travel

Some flights at Halifax Stanfield International Airport and the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport are delayed or cancelled.

Some flights at Fredericton International Airport are late arriving or delayed departing.

Due to adverse weather conditions, the following Marine Atlantic sailings for Thursday have been rescheduled:

• The 11:15 p.m. crossing from North Sydney, N.S., to Port aux Basques, N.L., will be departing early at 10:15 p.m.
• The 11:30 p.m. crossing from Port aux Basques to North Sydney will be departing early at 10:30 p.m.

Codiac Transpo in Moncton, N.B., delayed opening until 7 a.m. due to freezing rain.

All Fredericton Transit routes were delayed by one hour due to weather.

Canada Post

Canada Post says a Red Delivery service alert has been issued for Fredericton.

There are no deliveries in Fredericton Thursday due to freezing rain.

With files from CTV’s Derek Haggett.

Icy roads in Moncton

City of Moncton spokesperson Aloma Jardine said as of early Thursday evening the main roadways are bare and residential streets are bare with ice patches in spots.

“Sidewalk servicing has been ongoing throughout the day and will continue this evening, though there is a chance of snow, which may impact the condition of sidewalks,” said Jardine in an email to CTV News.

Some Moncton residents also experienced delays in travel.

“They were pretty bad. The buses were late. About 15 minutes, 20 minutes late and the roads were bad. They were soaked, had a hard time walking this morning,” said one Moncton resident.

Icy roads and sidewalks led to a very slippery morning for many in Moncton.

“Very, very slippery. I fell twice. It gives you a bit of a headache. You slip, fall and boom,” said another Moncton resident.