Southland Transportation

• Alberta school bus companies face driver shortages ahead of school year

  School buses across Alberta are short hundreds of drivers, weeks ahead of the start of another school year.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2023
  
• Lethbridge parents voicing concerns over school busing delays

  Southland Transportation is apologizing to families in the Lethbridge and Holy Spirit Catholic school divisions after some major busing hiccups.

  Education

  Sep 9, 2021
  
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• Edmonton parents concerned after young kids dropped off at wrong bus stop

  Edmonton Public Schools says it is working with a school bus operator after children were dropped off at the wrong bus stop several blocks away from their designated location.

  Traffic

  Sep 9, 2021
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• Hammonds Plains parents furious after daughter left on bus, found in Lower Sackville

  Ashley Verge says her three-year-old daughter was on the school bus for nearly two hours without the bus driver noticing.

  Education

  Sep 16, 2020
• COVID-19 fears and extra training to blame for school bus driver shortage in Edmonton

  School bus companies say they are facing a shortage of drivers due to lengthy mandatory training and fears of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2020
• Driver shortage, new training program blamed for Calgary school bus delays

  A Calgary school bus company is blaming newly-implemented training requirements for delays getting students to and from school on time.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2019
• Edmonton mom concerned about son’s well-being on school bus

  An Edmonton mother is speaking out after she feels her concerns about her son's school bus experiences went unresolved.

  Education

  Sep 18, 2018
• On-It Regional Transit gets 2nd life as bus operator agrees to take over

  Southland Transportation has agreed to take over the assets and branding of the Calgary Regional Partnership's regional transit service.

  Politics

  Feb 6, 2018
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• Calgary parents pay for their own alternative to cancelled school bus service

  A group of concerned parents frustrated with the Calgary Board of Education’s decision to end yellow bus service at their school has taken matters into their own hands and chartered a bus to shuttle their children to and from class.

  Education

  Sep 8, 2017
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• Family demands explanation after 6-year-old boy goes missing at bus stop

  Some Calgary parents are demanding answers after going through what they're calling "the most terrifying experience of their lives."

  Consumer

  May 26, 2016