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Public Schools open in Nanaimo on Friday

Dec 9, 2016 | 6:29 AM

NANAIMO — Public schools in Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Parksville and Qualicum are all open Friday and school buses are running.

The weather forecast calls for as much as 10 cm of snow by late Friday afternoon. However, some areas in the mid-island may see snow turn to rain by the afternoon.

All VIU campuses are open with the exception of the Cowichan campus. However, the Nanaimo campus will close at 4 p.m. Friday. Exams scheduled for 1 p.m. will go ahead, but anything after that will be rescheduled.

Road crews in Nanaimo have the plows and salt trucks out and Nanaimo transit is using snow routing for the morning.