Blue Bus

• West Vancouver transit workers ratify new contract, averting possible job action

  Members were calling for better working conditions and benefits in line with what their counterparts in the Coast Mountain Bus Company receive. 

  Politics

  May 8, 2024
  
• B.C. woman says she was attacked after filming disruptive group on transit bus

  A West Vancouver woman says she was attacked from behind after filming a disruptive group of youths on a Blue Bus when she was heading home from the fireworks last weekend.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2023
  
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• Transit bus rolls into Horseshoe Bay yard after driver falls out

  West Vancouver police say a bus was parked at a bus stop with two passengers aboard Tuesday when the driver got up to fix a door. The driver fell out as the bus rolled down a hill.

  Crime

  May 30, 2023
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• Union calls for more safety measures after ‘bloody, violent’ fight on West Vancouver bus 

  ATU Local 134 president Cornel Neagu said a 'bloody and violent' fight broke out between two passengers on Wednesday afternoon.

  Crime

  Apr 14, 2023
• District of West Vancouver and Blue Bus union reach new collective agreement

  The deal was reached after months of negotiations, where the bus driver union's president was publicly unhappy with the tactics being used by the District of West Vancouver.

  Canada

  Sep 7, 2022
• Blue Bus drivers, mechanics set to strike in West Vancouver on Thursday

  "West Vancouver District is provoking this dispute by refusing to bargain a fair contract and now not even accepting our offer of binding arbitration," writes the union president.

  Traffic

  Sep 6, 2022
• Union threatens back-to-school transit strike in West Vancouver

  The union representing West Vancouver Blue Bus drivers and mechanics is preparing to escalate job action "significantly" on Sept. 7 amid stalled contract talks with the district.

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2022
• West Vancouver Blue Bus union threatening further job action amid working strike

  The union's president said they have sent the employer a counter-offer to consider after failed talks.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2022
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• Cement truck crash on Highway 1 adds to North Shore commute frustrations

  The crash came amid SeaBus cancellations due to the Metro Vancouver transit strike, and caused massive delays for Blue Bus service.

  Traffic

  Nov 7, 2019
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• West Vancouver reaches tentative deal with Blue Bus drivers, full service to resume Tuesday morning

  After less than a day on strike, Blue Bus drivers will be back on the road Tuesday morning after a tentative agreement was met with the District of West Vancouver late Monday night.

  Oct 25, 2016