Collisions on Hwy-3 near Coalhurst -- photo credit to TNT towing

By Dori Modney

Dangerous road conditions shutdown roads, schools and bussing for Monday

Nov 8, 2020 | 5:54 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — It’s officially a “Snow Day” for many students around south-west Alberta on Monday.

Palliser schools will not be open and busses will not be running on November 9.

Horizon School Division will not have busses running on Monday, due to impassable roads. Rural school divisions have received word that snow plows are not making much headway due to poor visibility and blowing snow, requiring snow plows to be pulled out of services in some area.

As well, Westwind Schools report all classes across the division are cancelled for Monday.

For the Livingstone Range School Division (LRSD), some bus routes have been cancelled, while others are not. Please check the LRSD website for bussing status updates. Due to extreme weather/road conditions schools in Lundbreck, Pincher Creek, Fort Macleod, and Granum will be closed on Monday.

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Both Palliser and Horizon are expecting busses to be back in service on Tuesday.

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Lethbridge Transit has confirmed it is not safe to operate buses Monday. As per Lethbridge School Division protocol, schools do not open when it is too dangerous to operate buses.

Lethbridge Police have issued a notice that driving conditions within the city are not good and have recommended driving should only be done if it is essential. Bridge Drive has been closed.

Around noon on Sunday, numerous emergency vehicles responded to multi-vehicle collisions along Highway-3 involving about 30 vehicles. The Coalhurst Fire Department confirmed the multi-vehicle crash happened in the westbound lanes, about one kilometre west of Highway 25. Highway 3 westbound remained closed as of 5:30-pm.

On Sunday, the Kainai Board of education reported all of their schools would be closed from Monday, November 9 to Friday November 13. However, in this case, the closure is to limit the spread of COVID-19 within the community.

More information on closures and restrictions will be added, as they come in.