Bus statuses for Thursday, February 7th

Lakeland area school buses have cancelled all their routes for Thursday, February 7th; including Lakeland Catholic School District, Northern Lights Public Schools and Conseil Scolaire Centre Est.

St. Paul Education rural buses will not be running on Thursday, February 7th due to low temperature conditions. In town St. Paul buses will be running. Schools will be open.

Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the Lakeland region.

The coldest wind chill values will be between minus 40 and minus 45.

Cold arctic air has entrenched itself across much of Alberta. Overnight wind chills are expected to drop to between -40 to -45 in the northern half of the province and closer to -40 in the south. These extreme wind chills will persist in the overnight periods into Thursday.

Watch for cold related symptoms: shortness of breath, chest pain, muscle pain and weakness, numbness and colour change in fingers and toes.

Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.

If it’s too cold for you to stay outside, it’s too cold for your pet to stay outside.

Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.

Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:

• Co. of St. Paul near Ashmont St. Vincent and St. Lina
• Co. of St. Paul near Elk Point and St. Edouard
• Co. of St. Paul near Lindbergh and Frog Lake
• Co. of St. Paul near St. Paul and Lafond
• Improvement District 349 including Cold Lake Air Weapons Range
• Lac La Biche Co. near Fork Lake
• Lac La Biche Co. near Heart Lake
• Lac La Biche Co. near Lac La Biche and Square Lake
• Lac La Biche Co. near Lakeland Prov. Park and Rec. Area
• Lac La Biche Co. near Plamondon Hylo and Avenir
• M.D. of Bonnyville near Beaverdam
• M.D. of Bonnyville near Bonnyville Ardmore and Kehewin Res.
• M.D. of Bonnyville near Cold Lake and City of Cold Lake
• M.D. of Bonnyville near Fishing Lake Smt
• M.D. of Bonnyville near Glendon and Moose Lake
• M.D. of Bonnyville near La Corey Wolf Lake and Truman
• Smoky Lake Co. near Buffalo Lake and Kikino Smts
• Smoky Lake Co. near Vilna Saddle Lake and Whitefish Lake