2025 Back to school

Sep 2, 2025

To parents...

As parents, it is essential to help our children become independent and responsible. Explain and show them the safest route from home to school and vice versa. Have regular conversations about safety on foot, by bike, scooter, or bus.

Trust your children and the crossing guards; it is not necessary—and especially not safe—to drive your child to the school gate! Schoolyards are reserved for buses and students. The fewer cars there are around schools, the lower the risk of accidents. Let's encourage walking, cycling, or school transportation whenever possible.

To drivers...

School zones are marked by flashing yellow signs for all schools in the City of Edmundston. They are easy to spot and should remind us that there are children nearby. • The speed limit in school zones is 30 km/h. The Motor Vehicle Act provides for fines for motorists who speed in these zones.

• The speed limit in school zones is 30 km/h. The Motor Vehicle Act provides for fines for drivers who speed in these zones.

• Pedestrian crossings and school crossing guards are also governed by the Motor Vehicle Act, which provides for a fine for failing to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian at a crossing or for disobeying a crossing guard's signal.

• Be especially attentive to children on bicycles and scooters: they are harder to see and can change direction quickly.

• School buses are big and yellow and carry what's most precious to us: our children! Even if you're in a hurry or running late, avoid passing or going around a school bus—accidents can happen so quickly.

Please note that all fines are doubled when one of these acts is committed in a school zone, in addition to the loss of dexterity points on your driver's license.

The Edmundston Police Force, the Municipality, the DSFNO and local schools ask for the cooperation of parents, students, and motorists to ensure everyone's safety in school zones.

Remember that in school zones: There are still limits!

Happy back-to-school, everyone!

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CONTACTS: Tonia Roussel, Community Police Officer, Edmundston Police Force, 506.739.2100