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School Buses Running in Ottawa on Friday, Buses Cancelled in Parts of Eastern Ontario
After a heavy snowstorm dumped up to 35 cm, school buses resumed in Ottawa while cancellations continued in large parts of eastern Ontario for safety, authorities said.
- On Thursday, Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario and Consortium de transport scolaire de l'est cancelled buses for most of the Tri-Board area and Madawaska, including Ottawa-area boards, amid 21 centimetres of snow recorded at the Ottawa International Airport weather station.
- A major winter storm dumped as much as 35 cm of snow on Thursday, prompting the Ontario Provincial Police to respond to nearly a dozen collisions while municipal snow‑removal crews worked and the City of Ottawa enforced a winter parking ban.
- Several boards and services cancelled community use programs and evening rentals, halting activities while Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region cancelled buses and Extended Day Childcare Programs on Thursday.
- Cancellations carried into Friday in many areas, with Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario suspending buses outside Ottawa while some families arranged alternate transport as school boards that remained open kept schools running.
- CTSO cancelled buses for Kingston, Brockville, Carleton Place, Kemptville, Merrickville, Marionville and Prescott & Russell, while officials urged parents and students to check with school boards and transport consortia for local arrangements amid possible delays.
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IN PHOTOS: Ottawa's significant snowfall
With up to 35 cm of snow forecasted for Ottawa and The Valley on Thursday, school buses were promptly cancelled for many students. Buses were cancelled for students in the Ottawa Catholic School Board, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE) and Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. Although there were […]
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