Greyhound Canada to cut all bus routes, end operations
TORONTO – Greyhound Canada is permanently cutting all bus routes across the country, shutting down the intercity bus carrier’s operations after nearly a century of service. The motor coach company said...
View ArticleOne dead, five hurt in bus shooting in California: police
LEBEC, Calif. — A gunman killed one passenger and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus traveling from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol...
View ArticleB.C. man says there’s no excuse for uncoordinated private bus services
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – In the modern technological age, a Kaslo man says he can’t see why it’s so hard to coordinate rural bus services. His comments come as bus companies struggle to profit from...
View ArticleGreyhound replacements find tough road to prosperity in Western Canada
CALGARY — Six months after Greyhound Canada shut down most of its service in Western Canada and northern Ontario, the companies that stepped in to take its place say they still face a rough road full...
View ArticleGreyhound exit leaves gap for homeless, domestic violence shelters
CALGARY – Organizations that help the homeless and those fleeing domestic violence say they have lost a vital resource with Greyhound’s exit from the West —and they’re not sure how well a patchwork of...
View ArticleFeds say help will come for remote, Indigenous communities without buses
OTTAWA – The federal government says it will step in to support the transportation needs of some northern and remote communities affected by the closure of Greyhound bus operations in western Canada...
View ArticleMost B.C. Greyhound routes will be covered by end of year
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Private bus companies are stepping up to take over most of Greyhound’s B.C. routes, as it prepares to pull out of the province, according to the Ministry of Transportation....
View ArticleSmall bus company to carry passengers in the western Kootenays, following...
TRAIL (NEWS 1130) – Greyhound bus service is set to end in BC next Wednesday – and even earlier in the Kootenays, where the last bus will roar through towns this weekend. A private bus company based in...
View ArticleAlberta company to replace some B.C. bus service, after Greyhound pulls out
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – There’s relief for at least some passengers who rely on Greyhound to get around B.C. There’s word an Alberta company has just received approval to expand here, as Greyhound...
View ArticleLillooet mayor hopeful following UBCM vote in favour of rail feasibility study
LILLOOET (NEWS 1130) – Delegates at this week’s Union of BC Municipalities convention in Whistler have unanimously approved plans for a feasibility study in conjunction with Via Rail and the provincial...
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At least four killed in New Mexico bus crash
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At least four people were killed and others were seriously injured Thursday in a head-on crash involving a commercial passenger bus and a semi-truck along Interstate 40 in New...
View ArticleHow subsidies helped save bus service in Washington state
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – As B.C. mulls over how to address the incoming cuts to Greyhound bus routes, a transportation expert in Washington state is offering up a solution. Don Chartock with the State...
View ArticleNDP wants transport minister to spell out plan to replace Greyhound service
OTTAWA – The opposition New Democrats are calling on the Trudeau government to lay out its plan to help communities that will be affected by the shutdown of Greyhound bus services in western Canada....
View Article2008 beheading on Greyhound bus cited for drop in Saskatchewan bus ridership
REGINA – The minister for Saskatchewan’s Crown Investments Corp. says a beheading on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba 10 years ago was the beginning of a steep decline in bus ridership in his province....
View ArticleTrevena says options ‘limited’; looks to feds for support on Greyhound cuts
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Western’s Canada’s transportation ministers say they will be looking to the federal government for assistance, following a meeting to talk about Greyhound’s decision to withdraw...
View ArticlePackage delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada
CALGARY – Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall. The company says its Greyhound Package Express...
View Article‘Devastating’ Greyhound cuts could put vulnerable people at risk: UGM
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – As Greyhound Canada prepares to cancel nearly all of its routes across western Canada, Vancouver’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) is concerned that an important lifeline for many of...
View ArticleThe Big Story: The wheels come off in the West
Greyhound buses have been an essential part of transportation in the prairies for nearly a century, but that ends November 1st. The company says declining ridership has forced them to take their buses...
View ArticleProvince looking at how to fill the gap as Greyhound leaves western Canada
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – B.C.’s transportation minister says her government is speaking out after the Greyhound decision to cut nearly all routes across western Canada was announced yesterday. Claire...
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Could Greyhound have done more to keep buses running?
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – As Greyhound prepares to cut nearly all its B.C. routes, a business analyst says it’s unclear it the company could have done to keep its service going. Greyhound announced...
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