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Kids wait in -28 C cold for Okanagan school bus that never came

Route 42 was cancelled, but some had no notification

Bundled up against -28 degree Celsius weather, students in Cherryville waited for the bus Friday morning.

But the bus never came.

It was cancelled at short notice due to weather-related mechanical problems, according to Adrian Johnson, Vernon School District secretary-treasurer.

It was the only route, out of 30, that didn’t make it out in the frigid temperatures.

A testament considering, as Johnson points out, several school districts in B.C.

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Jennifer Smith

About the Author: Jennifer Smith

Vernon has always been my home, and I've been working at The Morning Star since 2004.
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