It's another snow day for the buses in Niagara.
Student transportation is cancelled today for the District School Board of Niagara and the Niagara Catholic District School Board.
Schools remain open, secondary school exams are rescheduled.
Transportation officials says they made the decision based on projected delays.
They also said with blowing and drifting snow, particularly in south Niagara, and in consideration of the extreme cold temperatures the decision to cancel was made in the interest of safety.
As a result of the cancellation Valleyway, Mary Ward and St. Anne's daycares will be closed in Niagara Falls.
Beacon Christian School is also closed due to extreme cold weather.
Cancellations and Closures
- Student transportation is cancelled today for the District School Board of Niagara and the Niagara Catholic District School Board. Schools remain open, secondary school exams are rescheduled.
- FrancoBus has cancelled all Niagara routes
- Valleyway, Mary Ward and St. Anne's daycares will be closed in Niagara Falls
- All transportation to and from school for ABC daycare
- Transportation to Anna's Daycare Centre has been cancelled, however the daycare remains open
- The Day Care Centre School Age Program in Beamsville is closed due to bus cancellations
- Beacon Christian School is closed
- Calvary Christian School in St. Catharines is closed
- GAIN Learning Centre in Fonthill is closed and has cancelled all ABA services again today
- Travel to Buffalo is not advised
Warming centres have also been set up around the region to help residents cope with the extreme cold:
- St. Catharines
- Market Square (91 King St.) - 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Russell Avenue Community Centre (108 Russell Ave) - 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- City community centres, including City Hall, the St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatics Centre (425 Carlton St.), the Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre (240 St. Paul St. W.) the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre (1932 Welland Canals Pkwy.)
Niagara Falls
- Gale Centre (5152 Thorold Stone Road) - 6 a.m. - 12 a.m.
- McBain Community Centre (7150 Montrose Road) - 5:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
- Niagara Falls City Hall (4310 Queen Street) - 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Coronation 50 Plus Recreatio Centre (5925 Summer St.) - 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Any branch of the Niagara Falls Public Library