Coast Mountain Bus Company

• Man in life-threatening condition after throat slashed on Surrey, B.C. bus, police say

  Police in Surrey, B.C. say the reported stabbing took place near the intersection of 148 Street and Fraser Highway on a Coast Mountain bus, around 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

  Crime

  Apr 1
  
• Unifor, Coast Mountain Bus Company sign tentative agreement for Metro Vancouver transit

  Details of the new deal will not be released until it's ratified but Unifor said the contract addresses concerns about working conditions and wages keeping pace with inflation. 

  Canada

  Mar 31
  
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• Metro Vancouver transit workers to receive pay bump in new agreement

  The one-year contract extension includes wage increases of three per cent for operators and five per cent of skilled trades workers in maintenance, effective April 1.

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2022
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• Windows of at least 26 transit buses damaged while moving through Downtown Eastside

  Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the damage was caused by a "low-impact force," potentially by rocks, pellets or a slingshot. 

  Crime

  Feb 2, 2022
• Transit driver pinned between two buses in Vancouver dies of his injuries

  Unifor Local 111 president Balbir Mann has identified the driver as veteran operator Charanjit Parhar.

  News

  Sep 29, 2021
• Metro Vancouver bus driver, transit worker test positive for COVID-19

  TransLink says areas both workers had contact with have been cleaned and disinfected, but did not say which route the bus driver worked.

  Apr 1, 2020
• Metro Vancouver transit workers approve new contract deal, officially ending job dispute

  The three-year agreement was reached in the 11th hour, ahead of a planned three-day work stoppage for the Metro Vancouver transit system.

  Dec 6, 2019
• Metro Vancouver bus drivers’ union to vote on contract deal Thursday

  Workers will vote on the deal from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, with final results expected around 8:45 p.m.

  Dec 2, 2019
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• Last-minute deal averts Metro Vancouver transit system shutdown

  A planned three-day, system-wide Metro Vancouver bus shutdown has been averted, after negotiators reached a last-minute deal in the region's transit labour dispute.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2019
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• SFU student’s plan to hire private bus during transit strike hits funding roadblock

  Grayson Lee intended to bus students between SFU's Burnaby campus and the nearest SlyTrain station, but now says he can't afford the company's required upfront payment.

  Nov 24, 2019