While Saskatchewan opposed a government-run service, support was broad throughout the rest of Canada.

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests the majority of Canadians are in favour of the federal government funding a rural bus service if it's required.

Premier Rachel Notley says new routes will be set up between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, as well as in Red Deer County.

The federal NDP is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to develop a funding plan that would preserve Greyhound Canada's bus routes in northern communities. 

Kasper, a transport company based in Thunder Bay, ON., said Tuesday it will expand to offer services to passengers left stranded by the Greyhound closure.

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.

An advocate for a British Columbia First Nation says Saskatchewan needed innovative ways to continue providing rural bus service instead of gutting it altogether.