TORONTO, Ont. – A low-pressure system brought snow and freezing rain to the streets of the Greater Toronto Area Monday, making for a messy commute, also causing school bus cancellations and flight delays.
Earlier Monday, school buses were cancelled in York, Peel, Halton and outside the GTA. Environment Canada issued a freezing rain warning for the GTA and much of southwestern Ontario early on Monday morning. That warning was ended shortly before 1 p.m. as the freezing rain changed to periods of rain and drizzle, the weather agency said.
Monday’s messy weather led to more than 160 flight cancellations at Pearson International Airport and travel advisories from Porter Airlines, Air Canada and WestJet.
Commuters were urged to use extra caution on the roads during Monday morning’s commute. Between midnight and 10 a.m., the OPP responded to over 750 calls, the majority of them single-vehicle collisions. There were no serious injuries, police said.
School boards across southern Ontario cancelled buses because of the weather. Click here for all weather-related cancellations and delays listed in our Extreme Weather Centre.
There’s a potential for thunderstorms on Tuesday, and Wednesday’s forecast high is a balmy 11 C.
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when u listen to the media, they sound it like very dangerous out there. So i left one hour early, So what happened, i got stuck outside. because i came one hour early.
I guess there are no windows on the snow plow buildings so they can’t see outside to see the snow falling, LOL
What wrong with these snow plowers ? How do they still have a job ?
The City guidelines say:
“Expressway plowing begins when between 2.5 cm and five cm of snow has fallen, and after five cm of snow falls main roads in the City are ploughed. The City’s main priority is to keep these roads open for TTC and emergency vehicles”
The plows were late this morning. I measured 6cm at 7am this morning. I work across the street from a city contractor that plows the streets. They were not even leaving the yard until after 8am this morning. A little late. Looks like the city`s Snow management employees slept in this morning.
Don’t drive if you don’t have to today….
Nasty conditions. I didn’t see one plow out this morning. Makes no sense the logic the city uses to clear roads. Other days you see them salting dry roads, today nothing. Would be nice if they were out this morning. All the roads were a mess. If you drive slow and have winter tires you will be fine. Just try and avoid the people driving like idiots and you should be OK.
No reason this morning for the road to be the way they are. It snowed from very early this morning. It took me an hour to get to work and for the one hour I was in the snowy road, no reason for it I saw 2 plows when I was almost at work, big whow after people are struggling to get to work, trying to go up hills and trying to keep the vehicles on the road without getting stuck in the snow. Road shouldn’ve been clean way before people started on their way to work. Not that they had to do it a lot this winter. What are they paying these people to do, sit on the off ramp and wait for I don’t know what to clean the roads which that was that problem on the 407 Friday night. For the way they handle the winter to clean the roads. VERY POOR JOB for people that goes to work and pay taxes so that can be done. No wonder there is a lot of accident.
Snowing really steady down here in Cobourg.
Where can I find a list of schools in Mississauga that are closed?
School buses cancelled for Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and the Peel District School Board. Schools are open. But Peel District School Board says, “If u had an exam scheduled today standard practice is that they’ll be postponed to a make-up day later this week. Confirm with your school.”
Thank-you
hi there you mentioned that school buses are closed but what about schools. schools that are on semester system are on exams. how does this affect them?
The York Catholic District School Board says, “All Jan. 28 exams have been cancelled and rescheduled to Thurs., Jan. 31st. Tomorrow’s exams remain the same.”
Hi Lucy … the Peel District School Board says: “If you had an exam scheduled today standard practice is that they’ll be postponed to a make-up day later this week. Confirm with your school.”
If the school is not in the PDSB, I would advise you to call your school as well.
Also take note of the fact that the last few days have been well below freezing, so any rain that hits the ground will freeze instantly on any un-salted surfaces until they also warm up. So play it smart and watch out for falling tree branches and such.
Allmost all flights into Person Airport are cancelled this morning.
Three times the panic – snow, freezing rain and rain, all in one day. There won’t be any dry underpants anywhere in Toronto, LOL literally.