Many students enjoyed asecond snow day after a nasty winter storm brought strong winds and snow to the Maritimes.
Tuesday's blizzard cancelled dozens of flights and closed schools, government offices and universities throughout the region.
On Wednesday, most schools in all three Maritime provinces cancelled classes for a second day and some customers were still without power.
Snow kept falling in some parts of the region, complicating the clean-up and making trouble for travellers, especially on the roads.
Police across the Maritimes are warned motorists to be careful on the roads throughout the day.
In Saint John, a snow squall coincided with the morning commute, making for a tricky trip to work.
But before New Brunswick drivers could make the journey, they had to dig themselves out from under a blanket of snow — almost 50 centimetres of it in the Greater Saint John area.
“It’s not the heaviest snow I’ve ever shoveled — but it’s not fluffy. It’s not fluffy,” said a shovel-wielding Chris Pierce.
Jim Holder was also hard at work Wednesday morning digging out his car, which he purposefully parked on a hill.
“If you park downhill, it’s much easier to leave. You only have to shovel a small area in the front,” he said.
In the afternoon, for the second day in a row, police in New Brunswick asked motorists to stay off the highway between Moncton and Saint John, due to poor visibility and icy road conditions.
Many Nova Scotians spent the day digging out and cleaning up as well, with many schools cancelled for the second day in a row.
Roads were greasy in Cape Breton, where a mix of snow and ice pellets fell overnight.
Icy roads there led to school cancellations in the area on Wednesday, but mild temperatures allowed the ice to melt, leaving water to pile up on many streets.
Many Maritime customers began Wednesday without power.
More than 2,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity as of 8:30 a.m., with most outages reported in the Pubnico and Ingonish areas.
In New Brunswick, roughly 150 NB Power customers were also in the dark as of 8:30 a.m., with most outages reported in St. Stephen.
Some universities and government offices delayed opening Wednesday morning.
The wintry weather continued to cause travel troubles at Maritime airports, which worked to clear the backlog of passengers after Tuesday’s storm. Several flights were delayed or cancelled Wednesday morning.
Plows were out in full force during the storm, but some roads remained icy and snow-covered throughout the day.
One student was injured when a school bus left the road and crashed into a ditch in Eastern Passage, N.S. Police responded to the scene on Cherylann Drive around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday
One of the 15 students on board received minor injuries. The students were evacuated from the bus and examined by paramedics. A spare bus transported the students to school.
Highway 104, the four-lane link between Truro in Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick border, was closed to traffic for a few hours Tuesday afternoon, reopening later that afternoon.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Mike Cameron
