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Today’s must-read
More than two dozen Winnipeg Transit school charter bus routes will soon end, sparking safety concerns over children as young as 11 left to rely on the general transit system.
Winnipeg Transit offers 28 different school charter routes, which can each involve multiple buses, that are set to end when a new primary transit network overhauls routes on June 29.
That means the charters won’t run during the next school year. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
Ben Poggemiller has safety concerns about his 11-year-old daughter riding public transit instead of a charter bus. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
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On April 10, 1958: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a $10-million housing project for Manitoba seniors was being studied by a non-profit financial group of Winnipeg businessmen. Manitoba’s attorney general said the government was standing firm despite protests over its decision to locate a home for delinquent girls in the old Veterans’ home on Academy Road. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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