Weather wimps or safety first?

In 10 years of minor hockey, I don't remember any games or involving games between two in-city teams being cancelled due to winter weather.
We're Canadians, We know how to drive in snow. And we like hockey.
Of course that's not to say there haven't been some dubious nights. I remember one game night crawling along to Oak Ridge arena just across the river and being grateful we were not making the big trek to Argyle in the far end of London.
Things are different this week thanks to a dumping of lake effect snow that's left 100 cm of snow here in two days.
There have not been blinding whiteouts in the city, but the huge snowfall has left my friend Ed and his fellow city snowplow operators unable to cope. They can only work 12 hours a day and have not yet made it around even once to residential streets like our cul-de-sac.
On Monday, our game against North London was cancelled when the city closed its arenas in a move that, to my recollection, was unprecedented. On Tuesday, they closed the arenas again, meaning there's no practice this week. It has already been announced that schools will be closed for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.
One wonders if the reason for closing arenas is the weather or a redeployment of staff to cope with the snow. Or staff not making it into work. Or the fact the city hasn't plowed arena parking lots.
Whatever, it doesn't seem Canadian.