Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced that the Trudeau government is open to helping affected provinces pay for bus service in communities where other companies have not taken over.

Much of B.C. will soon be without a bus service and that’s alarming. But should the B.C. government step in and fill the looming void with a taxpayer-subsidized bus program?

The end of Greyhound bus service across Western Canada is the latest in a string of decisions that have left many rural and northern residents with few options for public transportation.

The Manitoba government says it is hopeful other companies will pick up bus routes being abandoned by Greyhound, but it says there will be no subsidies.

Shannon Kornylo says her son's second birthday party will likely have two missing guests this year because Greyhound bus service between Calgary and Saskatoon has been cancelled.