School buses cancelled in Ottawa and eastern Ontario on Tuesday

Snow covered school buses are seen in a lot in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

School buses have been cancelled in Ottawa and across eastern Ontario on Tuesday due to a winter storm set to hit the region.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Ottawa, calling for up to 12 cm of snow today and tonight. The forecast calls for snow to begin around 9 a.m.

The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority says school buses are cancelled for all English and French school boards operating in Ottawa on Tuesday. There will be no school buses for:

• The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• Ottawa Catholic School Board
• Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
• Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario

All schools will remain open.

School buses are also cancelled for all schools in the Upper Canada District School Board and Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. All schools in the two school boards will be open.

There will be no school bus service for all schools in the Renfrew County District School Board and Renfrew County Catholic District School Board today. Schools are open.

All buses for French-language schools in Arnprior, Brockville, Carleton Place, Almonte, Pembroke, Prescott-Russell, Marionville, Merrickville, Kemptville and Ottawa will be cancelled today.

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