A fierce winter storm in northeastern Nova Scotia forced more than a dozen passengers to spend Tuesday night on a bus as they waited for the causeway to reopen to Cape Breton. The winter storm was expected to bring up to 40 centimetres of snow to Cape Breton, with wind gusts up to 100 kilometres an hour. There was one hotel room available for Leaman, but he opted to stay on the bus. "When I'm off the bus, nobody can stay on the bus so I decided to just stay with them," he said. Help arrived at 4:30 a.m.A second, much warmer, Maritime Bus arrived to pick up the bus passengers around 4:30 a.m. By then, the causeway had reopened so they could continue their trip to Sydney.

Source: CBC News December 14, 2022 19:09 UTC