School buses cancelled in Ottawa and eastern Ontario on Thursday following storm
School buses are cancelled in Ottawa and across eastern Ontario on Thursday, after several hours of freezing rain left a blanket of ice on roads and sidewalks across the region.
Meantime, OC Transpo is reporting O-Line 1 launched on time at 5 a.m. and service is available at all stations.
Environment Canada lifted the freezing rain warning for Ottawa just before 5 a.m. Ottawa received 13 hours of light freezing drizzle and freezing rain, according to Environment Canada.
The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority says school buses are cancelled for all students in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and Ottawa Catholic School Board. Schools are open today.
Buses are also cancelled for the following boards across the region:
- Upper Canada District School Board
- Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario
- Renfrew County District School Board
- Renfrew County Catholic District School Board
- All Conseil des ecoles catholique du Centre-Est schools in Ottawa, Arnprior, Brockville,Carleton Place, Almonte, Pembroke, Prescott-Russell, Kingston, Marionville, Merrickville, Kemptville and Trenton
All schools are open.
OC Transpo
OC Transpo says Line 1 (Confederation Line) launched on-time at 5 a.m. on Thursday, and service is available at all stations.
Bus and Para Transpo service is operating, but OC Transpo warns delays are expected.
“Plan ahead and be cautious when boarding, exiting, and at station platforms,” OC Transpo said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
OC Transpo and Rideau Transit Maintenance operated out-of-service trains along the O-Train line overnight to mitigate ice buildup from occurring on the overhead catenary wires.
The transit service says de-icing solution is regularly applied to the overhead catenary wires to prevent ice build up, and carbon strips have been installed on trains to scrap ice from the system.
Ottawa Airport
The Ottawa International Airport was only reporting one flight cancellation for Thursday morning, as of 5:45 a.m.
Five flights are delayed today.
The airport is reminding travellers to check their flight status before heading to the airport.
School exams
Ottawa’s two largest school boards have rescheduled exams set for today due to the storm.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said on social media that, “there will be no evaluation tasks or exams taking place today for secondary students.”
“All final evaluation tasks, exams, and student success opportunities scheduled for today will take place tomorrow. The rest of the scheduled secondary evaluation tasks and exams will shift to the next day. Your school will contact you with more details.”
The Ottawa Catholic School Board says all exams scheduled for today have been postponed and rescheduled for Friday.
“Additionally, all other OCSB exams will be shifted by one day, with the last exams that were scheduled for Tuesday, January 30, now being written on Wednesday, January 31,” the board said in a statement. “It’s important to note that during a snow day, all schools remain open, but exams are not written.”
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