Several schools in the West Kootenay region are closed today due to widespread power outages.
The following schools are closed: Jewett School, J.V. Humphries Elementary-Secondary School, Crawford Bay School, Canyon-Lister Elementary, Erickson Elementary, Adam Robertson Elementary, Homelinks, Kootenay River Secondary, Redfish Elementary, Salmo Elementary, Salmo Secondary, Winlaw Elementary and W.E. Graham Community School.
Schools remaining open include South Nelson Elementary, Hume Elementary, Rosemont Elementary, Trafalgar Middle School, L.V. Rogers Secondary, Blewett Elementary, Brent Kennedy Elementary and Mount Sentinel Secondary, including the Sequoia program.
Wildflower School in Nelson is on winter break.
Updates are available at sd8.bc.ca.
