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Waterloo region council announces mandatory face mask bylaws
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Waterloo region council has announced the approval of the bylaws that will require people to wear masks on Grand River Transit and indoor public spaces, effective on July 13. The council approved the bylaws in a meeting on Monday night, in an additional effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The bylaws will be in…
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GRT bus route changes affecting how students travel
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Students have returned to Waterloo region for the upcoming school year, causing increased use of Grand River Transit services throughout Kitchener-Waterloo. Despite the recent implementation of the LRT many users of the GRT’s other services are unaware of the changes this caused to bus routes. 32 transit routes and programs were modified as a result…
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City centres re-energized with ION launch
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On Saturday June 22, Uptown Waterloo and Downtown Kitchener came together with Grand River Transit to celebrate the grand opening of the ION train to the public. There were tens of thousands of people in attendance on June 22, the day of the ION launch, and over 73,000 people who rode the train during its…
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GRT implements barriers in busses in order to keep drivers safe
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Grand River Transit (GRT) will be piloting the use of protective barriers in some of it’s buses to protect drivers from violence on the job. The pilot project comes in response to the most recent contract negotiations with Unifor through which their Health and Safety Committee raised concerns over front line driver safety. GRT will…
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UPDATED: GRT strike averted
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It was announced on Thursday evening that Grand River Transit employees, including GRT operators, dispatchers, mechanics and service attendances, would officially be going on strike on Monday, April 3 at 5:00 a.m. On Sunday, it was announced that a tentative agreement was reached with the Region of Waterloo and operations would commence as usual on…
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K-W to see improvements in transportation options
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Ontario’s provincial government recently announced that they will be boosting funding and support in the Region of Waterloo in order to improve transportation options. The support, which will start in 2019, will provide the Region of Waterloo with long-term and reliable funding to ultimately enhance and expand local transit while offering more travel options for…
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Unsigned: supporting free transit for lower incomes
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The Alliance Against Poverty is attempting to get the Grand River Transit Commission to allow low-income people to ride the bus free of charge. Obviously, this is a good idea. However, the logistics of such a program are harder to understand, especially from our standpoint as university students. Each semester, we pay a greatly reduced…
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Petition for K-W residents to have free access to transit
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A local Kitchener-Waterloo organization has amped up their push to make public transit free for lower-class residents throughout the region. The Alliance Against Poverty (AAP), founded over a decade ago, is an alliance of individuals from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds striving to eliminate poverty. They have launched campaigns aimed at housing and living wage…
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Questions raised regarding LRT
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Students’ Union has been advocating to increase accessibility to Seagram Drive LRT stop for students
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Growth with Asperger’s
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Unraveling a big sister’s role to help overcome family challenges
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