Island Waste Management Corporation
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, collections in East Prince and West Prince Regions have been cancelled for today.
The alternate collection will be Saturday, March 9. Customers are asked to ensure their carts are curbside by 7 a.m. as collection vehicles will be in their areas earlier than during the regular work week.
Collections are proceeding as scheduled in all other regions.
Please also note that ALL IWMC offices and disposal facilities are now CLOSED for the day.
Health P.E.I. cancellations
Due to inclement weather and road conditions, the following health service(s) scheduled for today are impacted:
- All public health nursing appointments in Prince County scheduled before 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health family nutrition appointments in Prince County scheduled before 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health dental program appointments in Prince County scheduled before 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health speech language pathology appointments in Prince County scheduled before 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health audiology appointments in Prince County scheduled before 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health pediatric psychology appointments in Prince County scheduled before 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All OB/GYN appointments at The Polyclinic in Charlottetown are cancelled
- All women’s wellness and sexual health services appointments province-wide are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Eastern Kings Health Centre scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Montague Health Centre scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Kensington Health Centre scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Harbourside Health Centre scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Alberton Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at O’Leary Health Centre are cancelled
- All primary care appointments at Tyne Valley Health Centre s are cancelled
- All public health nursing appointments province-wide scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health family nutrition appointments province-wide scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health dental program appointments province-wide scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health speech language pathology appointments province-wide scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health audiology appointments province-wide scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- All public health pediatric psychology appointments province-wide scheduled after 12 p.m. are cancelled
- Health P.E.I.’s office in Charlottetown (16 Garfield Street) and the P.E.I. Medicare office in Montague (126 Douses Road) will be closed to the public for the remainder of the day.
Cancelled patient appointments are being rescheduled.
Health P.E.I. reminds Islanders with appointments at hospitals, clinics and other health care services to please call ahead to confirm their appointment – or notify staff if they are unable to make the appointment.
Health P.E.I. will provide updates whenever health programs and services are impacted. For the full list of health services impacted, princeedwardisland.ca and click on the health alert at the top of the page.
Islanders are also reminded to call 811 for non-urgent health care advice or 911 in the event of an emergency.
School closures
- Public Schools Branch schools are closed for the day.
- French Language School Board schools are closed for the day.
- Collège de l'Île is closed for the day.
- Grace Christian School is closed for the day.
- Holland College campuses are all closed for the day.
- UPEI is closed for the day.
- Island Montessori Academy - all campuses are closed for the day.
- Montessori School of Charlottetown is closed for the day.
- Maritime Christian College is closed for the day.
- Academy of Learning Colleges in Charlottetown and Summerside are closed for the day.
School delay
- Early Learning Academy in Souris is delayed until 10 a.m. with an update at 9 a.m.
Weather
Snow will be heavy at times across the Island today beginning this morning, turning to snow mixed with ice pellets and blowing snow late this afternoon. Between 30 and 40 centimetres of snow and ice pellets are expected, with winds gusting up to 70 km/h. High of -3 C with a wind chill near -13 C.
Ice pellets or snow ending this evening then cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries with blowing snow early this evening. Winds expected to gust up to 70 km/h. The temperature low is -7 C, but with the wind chill it will feel like -12 C in the evening and -17 C overnight.
WINTER STORM WARNING: Hazardous winter conditions are expected.
A low-pressure system approaching from the southwest will track across Nova Scotia this afternoon to lie east of P.E.I. Island this evening.
Snow ahead of this system will spread across the Island later this morning. The snow is likely to change to, or mix with, ice pellets this afternoon before tapering to scattered flurries this evening.
Snowfall amounts of 30 to 40 cm are forecast for the province before tapering to scattered flurries. Increasing easterly winds will give reduced visibility in blowing snow over exposed areas later today.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow. Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic in urban areas. If visibility is reduced while driving, slow down, watch for tail lights ahead and be prepared to stop.
For information on emergency plans and kits go to getprepared.gc.ca.
Winter storm warnings are issued when multiple types of severe winter weather are expected to occur together.
For updates, visit Weather.gc.ca.
RELATED: The SaltWire Network weather page
Confederation Bridge
Weather services today indicate wind conditions that may result in restrictions of traffic on the Confederation Bridge until about 7 p.m.
For updates, visit confederationbridge.com.
Charlottetown Airport
Arrival cancellations
- Air Canada flight 7516 scheduled to arrive from Toronto at 11:12 a.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7754 scheduled to arrive from Halifax at 1:11 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 8511 scheduled to arrive from Montreal at 3:26 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7752 scheduled to arrive from Halifax at 4:16 p.m. has been cancelled.
- West Jet flight 332 scheduled to arrive from Toronto at 6:21 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7756 scheduled to arrive from Halifax at 7:46 p.m. has been cancelled.
Early arrival
- Sunwing flight 163 scheduled to arrive from Puerto Plata at 6:35 p.m. has been delayed and will arrive at 5:25 a.m. tomorrow.
Departure cancellations
- Air Canada flight 7519 scheduled to depart for Toronto at 11:50 a.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7755 scheduled to depart for Halifax at 1:30 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 8536 scheduled to depart for Montreal at 4 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7753 scheduled to depart for Halifax at 4:35 p.m. has been cancelled.
- West Jet flight 331 scheduled to depart for Toronto at 7:26 p.m. has been cancelled.
- Air Canada flight 7757 scheduled to depart for Halifax at 8:05 p.m. has been cancelled.
Early departure
- Sunwing flight 162 scheduled to depart for Puerto Plata at 6:25 p.m. has been delayed and will depart at 6:25 a.m. tomorrow
For updates, visit Flypei.com.
