A bitter cold spell sweeping over coastal and northern British Columbia has brought snow and prompted school and college closures. 

Environment Canada has issued extreme-cold or arctic-outflow warnings for numerous areas in the province, saying wind-chill temperatures could drop to –45 C in the north and reach –25 on the coast.

Several school districts in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley have closed public schools due to snow and poor road conditions, including Langley, Abbotsford, Mission an…