The winter storm that dumped as much as 25 cm of snow in Sudbury and North Bay has led to the cancellation of school buses Thursday in both communities. Schools remain open, however. “Due to the road conditions and in the interest of safety, all morning school-related transportation services for English Catholic, English public, French Catholic and French public schools, operating in the districts of Sudbury, Espanola, Massey and Manitoulin, (this includes all areas such as St-Charles, Noëlville, Monetville, Markstay, Hagar, Warren, Wahnapitae, Coniston, Killarney, Whitefish, Whitefish River First Nations, Manitoulin Island, Onaping, Chelmsford, Capreol, Valley East, Garson, Chelmsford and Azilda) are cancelled this morning,” Sudbury Student Services Consortium announced. “All schools will remain open, however. Transportation will resume this afternoon.” The message was similar from Nipissing-Parry Sound Student Transportation Services. “Bussing for all weather corridors are cancelled today,” an alert said Thursday morning. “At this time, all schools remain open for students who can get there safely. Parents are reminded that cancelled bus routes will not run in the afternoon; any students brought to school by other means must be picked up at the end of the school day.”
