After the messy morning rush, the freezing rain warning remains in effect, as the morning’s frozen rain pellets turned into rain the afternoon with temperatures rising to a high of 2C on Thursday.

But Toronto commuters can still expect the ride home to be much easier than this morning’s.

According to the City of Toronto’s plowTO app, most roads have been salted in the last 4 to 12 hours, with major streets salted less than four hours ago. Sidewalks continue to be salted, and will be finished around 5 p.m.

It’s also been a messy day for TTC riders on the Queen streetcar after multiple stalled vehicles. Streetcars are turning back at Kingston Rd. due to overhead repairs at Queen and Winners Circle, with shuttle buses operating the rest of the way.

This morning, Sgt. Kerry Schmidt reported that since midnight, there had been over 600 service calls and 225 collisions in the GTA.

Additionally, dozens of school boards cancelled buses and classes as a result of the weather.

HydroOne is responding to 146 incidents, leaving 14,395 customers without power. Check in with the Storm Centre to check for updates and estimated restoration times.

Toronto Hydro is not reporting any power outages around the city.

Southern Ontario is still under Environment Canada’s freezing rain warning.

Since this morning, 101 flights have been cancelled at Pearson Airport, and dozens of others delayed. Flights out of Billy Bishop airport have also been affected with cancellations and delays.

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GO Transithas reported a single weather related delay in its service to the 65 Newmarket Train-Bus Service. All other routes are running on schedule.

After a wintry day in the city, the rain is expected to tail off at midnight at 3C, and rise to 6C by Friday morning.

Kicking off the Easter break on a positive note, Friday leads into a weekend of sunshine, with balmy Spring temperatures.

With files from Ramisha Farooq.

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