All Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education schools and worksites will be closed Monday as the region grapples with a winter storm that could bring as much as 150 centimetres of snow by the time it passes.

Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, the province's French school board, has also closed its Cape Breton schools for Monday.

Motorists in Cape Breton are being asked to avoid unnecessary travel.

A news release on Sunday said Cape Breton Regional Police are responding to multiple calls…