A snowplow tries to clear Halifax streets early Monday morning as a winter wallop hits Eastern Canada. (CBC ) A winter storm is pushing through parts of Atlantic Canada, bringing a mix of snow, rain and freezing rain that has shut many schools and hampered travel.
The system is expected to rapidly intensify as it crosses southwestern Newfoundland and moves into central Labrador later Monday.
Nova Scotia was hit with snow on Saturday, and it changed into freezing rain and then back into snow on Monday, creating slushy roads for morning commuters.
Environment Canada said there's still a risk of freezing rain and blowing snow in the Halifax region. Prince Edward Island is bracing for high winds.
"Blizzard conditions can be expected this afternoon and evening in the Cape Breton Highlands," warned Environment Canada.
Travel a challenge
High winds prompted Marine Atlantic to cancel ferry crossings on Monday, as a stormy system swept into much of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Crown corporation had already cancelled crossings that had been set for late Sunday, forcing travellers and truckers to wait until conditions improved.
Winds on the Newfoundland side of the Cabot Strait hit 110 km/h on Sunday. Marine Atlantic said it will update its website when it makes a decision about Monday night's schedule.
Travelling by plane isn't much easier. The departure board at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport is a sea of red with dozens of cancellations and some delays.
Many highways around Nova Scotia are slippery. There's also a wind warning for drivers heading over the Confederation Bridge, linking P.E.I. and New Brunswick.
In many parts of the East, teachers and schoolchildren at least won't have to travel in the stormy weather because of school closures, including many in Nova Scotia, all on Prince Edward Island, and in Labrador and on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula.
New Brunswick remains mainly unaffected.
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