Edmonton bus drivers may have a better view of their surroundings when the city’s new fleet hits the road in the next few years.
The city is looking for contractors to build as many as 205 40-foot, diesel-powered buses over the course of four years, according to a request for proposals issued earlier this month.
Although the city couldn’t provide details on the specs of the buses, the “parts description” section in the document suggests the city is looking for a continuous window, or a “hidden frame” in place of the current frame.

With the transit strike fully into week two, there’s not a lot of movement from either side, especially First Canada.

With the public growing increasingly impatient, the idea of binding arbitration is starting to become more and more realistic.

On Thursday, November 24, 2016, a rally at Hamilton City Hall will be held, starting at 6:30 p.m., to commemorate a significant event in Hamilton’s history – the 1906 HSR Transit Strike – and to bring residents together against the Liberal government’s privatization of hydro and transit.

ATU Local 107 President, Eric Tuck, says history is repeating itself and he is calling on the citizens to join in the fight to preserve Public Power and Public Transit.

“People in Hamilton are angry at the stealth sale of our Hydro system by the Liberal government,” says Tuck, a 28-year veteran of the HSR (Hamilton Street Railway).

TORONTO – While it may be “The Better Way” for commuters, the same cannot always be said for those who drive for the TTC.

There are not many jobs where someone can sneak up from behind and rub a fresh ball of saliva in your face. But no matter how many times streetcar operator Brandon Ogden gets assaulted, he’s not quitting.

“No way. I am going to keep going,” the 36-year-old TTC employee vowed Monday night. “This is my career and I am very proud of what I do.”

ATU Local 107, inviting you to Hamilton City Hall where we will be commemorating the 110th anniversary of a significant historical event in their union – the HSR/ATU Transit Strike.

Back in the early 1900s, a private company, Cataract Power Company, owned HSR and supplied electricity from Brantford to St. Catharine’s including Hamilton at prices well beyond the reach of most residents. A strike in 1906 began when the HSR refused to honour the terms of an arbitration report.

Realizing the important roles that electricity and transit would play in securing the future, 10,000 residents sided with the strikers on November 24th 1906. Their actions drove the political will to create a publicly owned and operated Power and Transit systems through Ontario Hydro.

They recognized the relevance of affordable, reliable Energy and Transit to the economical and sustainable viability of a prosperous future for generations to come.

But now Premier Wynne’s government wants to take us back 110 years and make electricity and transit unaffordable and unsustainable, which is a danger to our economic future.

It’s time to fight back and send a message to all politicians that our vital infrastructure built and paid for by generations of Ontarians is not for sale.

That is why we’re inviting you to join us on Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at Hamilton City Hall to unite against the privatization of Ontario Hydro and the contracting out of Key Transit Lines through Metrolinx.

For more information, please visit our Facebook event page.
Remember: Public Transit, Public Power!

Good evening brothers and sisters:

Today was another busy day. Early this morning, some members boarded a chartered bus and went to Vernon to spread our word to the people of the city and the Vernon riders. There was the rally at the overpass at Parkinson Rec Center. Next were coinsiding rallies at Christy Clark’s constituency office and Kelowna City Hall.

For a complete review of the day’s events, please watch the video at the following link from your president Scott Lovell.

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The simulation video puts you, the watcher in the place of a refugee and allows you to experience the events as they unfold.