This week’s show was a full one because it looked into a pressing issue: the lack of interurban ground transportation in Northern and Interior British Columbia since Greyhound pulled out of Western Canada. And we looked at the issue from a variety of perspectives:

In our first segment, we spoke with Jo-Anna Larson of LeadNow.ca, a Prince Rupert-based educator who led the grassroots campaign for the BC government’s replacement service, BC Bus North, a solution she now deems inadequate.

In our second, we spoke with Jeremy Hainsworth, who covers this beat for the Prince George Citizen and the other Glacier News papers about the economics and financing behind busing in BC’s North.

In our third and fourth segments, we spoke with Laura Parent a Prince George activist, who organized the campaign for BC Bus North that took place inside the BC NDP about her views of the service and of the changes to Prince George municipal bus fares this fall.

We ended with Vancouver-based transit expert, Richard Campbell who helped to place this issue in comparative international and ethical context.