Inclement Weather

There may be times during the school year where it may be necessary to cancel student transportation services due to adverse weather conditions. NSTS gathers information on road and weather conditions from a wide variety of sources, including Environment Canada, the bus companies, various municipal and regional agencies and from staff performing checks on selected routes to experience the road conditions first hand.

NSTS considers the actual weather conditions, the forecasted weather and the projected impact on road conditions during the peak student transportation windows. Once all available information has been collected and reviewed and it is determined that students cannot be safely transported to school, or home from school at the end of the day, the decision to cancel student transportation is made by NSTS.

Every attempt is made to provide the public with information on bus cancellations by the 6:00 a.m. radio news report. The announcement will be posted on the front page of this website, as well as on the following radio and television stations:

CKTB (610 AM) St. Catharines	CHRE (105.7 FM) St. Catharines
WAVE (94.7 FM) Hamilton	CHTZ-FM (97.7 FM) St. Catharines
CKOC (1150 AM) Hamilton	CKEY (105.1 FM) Niagara Falls/Fort Erie
CHML (900 AM) Hamilton	K-LITE-FM (102.9 FM) Hamilton
CHAM (820 AM) Hamilton	GIANT FM (91.7 FM) Welland
Y-108(107.9) Hamilton
CH – Hamilton	Citytv Breakfast Television
TV Cogeco

 
The Board Director of Education makes the decision to cancel schools. School closure information is announced in the manner as outlined above, as well as posted on the School Board website.

District School Board of Niagara

Niagara Catholic District School Board


Please note that parents or guardians make the final decision on whether or not to send their child to school in inclement weather conditions.