Peterborough and area residents spent Thursday morning digging out after a winter storm dumped more than 25 centimetres of snow overnight.
A Texas low moved into the region on Wednesday afternoon, bringing with it snow and a mix of freezing rain in some regions of central Ontario.
On Thursday morning, school bus services by the Student Transportation Service of Central Ontario (serving three school boards in Peterborough city and county, Northumberland County and Clarington) and Kawartha Lakes Bus Services were cancelled. Schools, however, remain open.
Classes at Trent University’s campuses in Peterborough and Oshawa remain open. However, Fleming College campuses in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton and Cobourg were closed Thursday morning and scheduled to open at 11 a.m.
Peterborough County OPP also noted Highway 7 between County Road 38 and Highway 28 east of Peterborough was closed overnight following a reported collision between a transport truck and car around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The highway reopened around 9 a.m. Thursday.
Northumberland OPP reported the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 at County Road 30 in Brighton were also closed Thursday morning after a tractor-trailer jackknifed. The section of highway reopened around 10 a.m.
No word yet on injures or the cause of the crashes.
At 9 a.m., Environment Canada lifted its winter storm warning for the region.
More to come.
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