Northern bus service has provincial and federal support
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NORTHERN B.C.— Canada’s and B.C.’s transportation ministers have made a joint commitment to continue BC Bus North- a transportation service connecting B.C.’s northern and rural communities.
“Intercity bus services are important for the people of British Columbia and for Canadians across the country, particularly for those in Indigenous, rural and remote communities where other transportation options do not exist,” Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau says. “We are working to find solutions and are encouraged by B.C.’s interest to collaborate on this issue.”
The B.C. government launched BC Bus North on June 4, 2018, as an interim solution, just days after Greyhound discontinued the majority of its northern bus routes. Private operators are also running bus service in other areas of the province formerly served by Greyhound.
B.C. Bus interim service was set to expire on May 30. Details of the joint federal-provincial commitment are worked out, but the Province has extended the interim service to September.
