Almaguin area school buses cancelled due to extreme cold

Students in Almaguin are getting an extension to their weekend.

Nipissing-Parry Sound Student Transportation Services is cancelling buses on the following routes:

– Britt and Nobel | Mactier, Humphrey, Rosseau | McDougall/Whitestone | East Parry Sound North – North of and including Hwy 522
-Port Loring/Restoule
-Nipissing/Commanda
-Powassan/Trout Creek | East Parry Sound South – South of Hwy 522
-South River/Sundridge
-Burk\’s Falls/Magnetawan
-Katrine/Emsdale/Kearney/Sprucedale/Novar | Town of Parry Sound | Redbridge/Thorne | Trout Lake / Four Mile Lake Rd | Callander, Bonfield, East Ferris | West Nipissing Ouest | North Bay | HWY 11 North | Mattawa

Officials with NPSST have cited extreme cold as the reason for the cancellations. Schools may still remain open, but if you drop your kids off you’ll still need to pick them up at the end of the day.