The price of gas went down by more than forecast, overnight.
Gas dropped by 1.6 cents a litre and now goes for a minimum of $1.16 in Cape Breton.
Diesel went down by 2 cents and now costs a minimum of $1.24.2 cents a litre on the Island.
Classes are cancelled for schools North of Smokey today along with Baddeck Academy, Middle River School and the Rankin School of the Narrows.
Bus Route 310 traveling from the Baddeck/North Shore areas to Dr. TL Sullivan & Memorial High School is also cancelled today.
And classes are cancelled today at the Wagmatcook Campus of the Community College.
Meanwhile, Marine Atlantic has postponed ferry crossings until tonight.
But the Crown Corporation says those departures could also be affected by the weather.
Classes are cancelled today at all schools in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education along with Etoile de l’Acadie in Sydney with another winter storm on the way.
The Marconi Campus of the Community College is also closed for the day.
The Cape Breton University campus is closed for the morning and the status of afternoon classes will be announced by 11:00 this morning.
Meanwhile, the Regional Municipality has cancelled garbage collection today.
All of the rest of today’s flights are cancelled at the McCurdy Sydney Airport.
And, Marine Atlantic has postponed this morning’s ferry crossings.
It’s warning tonight’s and all of tomorrow’s departures could also be affected by the weather.
Cape Breton-Centre MLA Tammy Martin has announced she’s planning to resign.
Martin says she’s stepping down after dealing with ongoing health problems since the summer.
The resignation will take effect on February 6th.
Martin was first elected in the 2017 election as an NDP member and has served as the party’s critic on the Health and Labour files.
She’s also served on the legislature’s Health, Human Resources, Law Amendments and Veterans Affairs Committees.
The New Democrats say Martin’s constituency office will stay open for the next few months to deal with open case files.
Classes are cancelled today at all schools in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education along with Etoile de l’Acadie in Sydney.
The Marconi Campus of the Community College is also closed for the day.
The Cape Breton University campus is closed for the morning and the status of afternoon classes will be announced by 11:00.
Transit Cape Breton buses aren’t running this morning and the status of the service will be reassessed for a possible start at 10:00 this morning.
Meanwhile, Regional Police are warning drivers roads are snow-covered with slippery in spots this morning and wind gusts are affecting visibility.
People are being asked to adjust their driving for the conditions.
