Some school buses cancelled as freezing drizzle hits parts of GTA
Some school buses were cancelled in the GTA for the second straight day as a freezing drizzle advisory was in effect for much of southern Ontario early Wednesday morning.
Bus cancellations were as follows:
- Durham Catholic District School Board and Durham District School Board: zones 1, 2 and 3.
- Wellington-Dufferin: divisions 2, 3 and 4.
- Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and Peel District School Board: buses are cancelled in Caledon and the County of Dufferin only.
All schools remained open.
The bus service outages came as wet weather persists in Ontario for a second straight day.
A freezing drizzle advisory issued early Wednesday covered areas surrounding Toronto, but did not include the city. Areas affected by the advisory included Halton, Peel, York, Durham and much of cottage country.
It was lifted for most regions around 8:30 a.m.
The advisory said freezing drizzle was expected to continue through the morning with temperatures hovering below zero. That was forecast to end or change to drizzle as temperatures rose above the freezing mark.
Fog patches were also expected to lift through the morning.
"Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become icy and slippery," read the advisory from Environment Canada. "Freezing drizzle can produce thin, hard-to-detect layers of ice. Take extra care when walking or driving in affected areas."
