First Nation buys bus depot, plans to revitalize northern bus service to Brandon
Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation to renovate, reopen bus depot in southwestern Manitoba's largest city
Chelsea Kemp · CBC News · Posted: Mar 15, 2024 5:00 AM CDT | Last Updated: March 15
A Manitoba First Nation wants to make southwestern Manitoba's biggest city more accessible for northern communities by reopening Brandon's bus depot.
Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation, located about 375 kilometres north of Brandon, purchased the former Greyhoud bus depot about a year ago and is now completing renovations. The depot, located at Sixth Street and Roser Avenue, was originally closed and put up for sale in 2017.
Chief Elwood Zastre said buying the depot is an opportunity for the First Nation's economic expansion and it will ensure northerners have easier transportation to the urban centre.
"We do a lot of our medical appointments there and if we didn't have a place for our people to get a ride on the bus it would be very difficult," Zastre said. "It's going to benefit a lot of people."
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