A partial bus service will begin on Monday, nearly a decade after residents asked for one, along a dangerous stretch of remote British Columbia roadway known as the Highway of Tears. A majority of the women lost along the road are indigenous, many of the victims were teenage girls. The new bus service will run six days a week, linking the communities of Smithers and Moricetown, about a 30 km stretch of the nearly 800 km highway. The province is spending $4 million on the entire bus service with the federal government kicking in another $1 million — the money is going toward the buses, driver training, webcams and better shelters. Rustad hopes to have a “comprehensive service” in place along the highway by the end of this summer.

Source: thestar January 28, 2017 00:13 UTC