Snow Shuts Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley Schools as Alerts Blanket Southern BC

A pedestrian crosses a street after a snowstorm in Vancouver, B.C., on Feb. 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

All public schools in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been closed on Jan. 17, as heavy snow falls across a wide swath of southern British Columbia.

Some universities and colleges in the Lower Mainland have also cancelled in-person classes, including the University of B.C., Simon Fraser University and the B.C. Institute of Technology.