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As if we didn’t have enough snow already, Thursday is expected to bring another wintry wallop starting in Bruce County around Wiarton and moving southeast toward the London area. Follow along below for to-the-minute coverage from our journalists across the region
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7:04 a.m. In the Owen Sound area, an estimated one inch of snow fell overnight and school buses are cancelled. The community should expect 50 cm of snow on Thursday.
7:01 a.m. Stratford, Mitchell and southern Perth County should expect 25 centimetres of snow between now and Friday morning.
6:59 a.m. Environment Canada warns London, already hammered with snow earlier this week, will get as much as 60 centimetres more by Friday morning. The snowfall will peak at 10 cm per hour and last into tonight. “Travel is extremely hazardous due to reduced visibility,” the national weather agency said.
6:56 a.m. Hwy. 402 is closed, police say.
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6:52 a.m. In its own statement, the London District Catholic school board noted that all extracurricular events – Christmas concerts, for example – are cancelled for the day, too.
6:45 a.m. Londoners woke up to another blast of snow, a warning that much more looms and announcements that the two major school boards had shut down schools for the day. Thames Valley District school board officials said in a statement that “the safety of all students, staff and community members is a priority and decisions related to school closures are not made lightly.”
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