Overview
- The City’s move, effective at 5 p.m., also designates a significant weather event, activates the emergency operations centre, and enforces parking bans on snow routes with fines up to $500 plus towing.
- FlightAware data showed 554 affected flights at Pearson by Thursday afternoon, including 227 cancellations and 327 delays, while airfield crews continued large‑scale snow clearing.
- At Billy Bishop Airport, all Air Canada flights were cancelled and Porter Airlines cancelled some services, with passengers urged to check flight status before heading out.
- Ontario Provincial Police reported about 200 collisions and roughly 125 vehicles stuck by midday in the Toronto and Hamilton areas, with parts of the Don Valley Parkway briefly closed earlier.
- A Via Rail train traveling between Toronto and Ottawa struck a snowplow around 1:40 p.m.; the train carried 205 passengers and no injuries were reported.