A national charity flight service that operates in B.C. said it is seeing heightened interest since Greyhound ended passenger bus service in Western Canada on Oct. 31.

The call by the child-advocacy groups follows a similar demand by three physicians who wrote to the Quebec government in December, urging the health minister to reconsider the policy they say disproportionately affects northern Inuit and First Nations communities.

Two local businesses have partnered for an unusual fundraising endeavor.