SUDBURY -- Another week of Sudbury school bus cancellations due to a shortage of drivers, the fifth in a row, is affecting 11 routes the week of Oct. 5.

Sudbury Student Services Consortium has announced that route cancellations continue with three less than last week.

It said COVID-19 has greatly impacted one of its operators, Leuschen Transportation, after many drivers decided not to return to the job this school year.

Here is a list of the routes affected Oct. 5 – 9:

Route Schools affected

  • L007 AM Lansdowne / St David
  • L007 PM Felix-Ricard 7&8 / Felix Ricard
  • L013 AM St Charles College / Lasalle Secondary / Felix-Ricard
  • L013 PM St-Benedict
  • L026 AM Secondary Portion Only - Sudbury Secondary / Marymount / College Notre-Dame
  • L026 PM College Notre-Dame/ Marymount/ Sudbury Secondary/ Sacre Coeur/ Carl Nesbitt/ Holy                         Trinity
  • L027 AM Sudbury Secondary/ Marymount/ College Notre-Dame/ Sacre Coeur/ Princess Ann/                               Alexander/ St Francis 
  • L027 PM St Benedict / St Joseph Sudbury / Queen Elizabeth
  • L101 AM Lasalle Secondary / Adamsdale / St Pierre / Pius Xii
  • L101 PM College Notre-Dame/ Marymount/ Sudbury Secondary/ Sacre Coeur/ Adamsdale/ St Pierre/                  Pius Xii
  • L103 AM Sudbury Secondary / College Notre-Dame / Marymount / Sacre Coeur / St Paul Coniston
  • L103 PM Lockerby / Loellen / Holy Trinity
  • L123 AM St Benedict / R.L. Beattie
  • L123 PM Sacre Coeur/ Sudbury Secondary/ College Notre-Dame/ Marymount/ Princess Ann/ St                           Francis 
  • L133 AM Secondary Portion Only - Sudbury Secondary / Marymount / College Notre-Dame / Sacre                     Coeur
  • L133 PM St Benedict / Princess Ann / Alexander
  • L301 AM CVDCS / Champlain / Chelmsford Elementary / St Charles Chelmsford
  • L301 PM CVDCS / Champlain / Levack
  • L816 AM Marymount / College Notre-Dame / Sudbury Secondary / Sacre Coeur / St David /                                 Lansdowne
  • L816 PM Lo-Ellen / Princess Ann / St Francis 
  • L869 AM Sudbury Secondary/ Marymount/ College Notre-Dame/ Sacre Coeur/ St Joseph Sudbury/                     Queen Elizabeth
  • L869 PM College Notre-Dame / Marymount / Transfers at Leuschen Bus Lines 

Anyone interested in becoming a school bus driver should contact Leuschen Transportation at 705.674.0708.