Bill Sawchuk

3 days ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bill Sawchuk

Niagara’s Transit Commission has approved the purchase of 20 specialized vehicles from Brantford-based Girardin Ontario Inc., a decision that rejuvenates the bus system’s aging fleet without taking taxpayers for a ride. Commissioners awarded a $3.6-million contract for the eight-metre-long buses last week. Niagara Transit’s fleet now has 23 specialized transit vehicles.

3 days ago | wellandtribune.ca | Bill Sawchuk

Niagara’s Transit Commission has approved the purchase of 20 specialized vehicles from Brantford-based Girardin Ontario Inc., a decision that rejuvenates the bus system’s aging fleet without taking taxpayers for a ride. Commissioners awarded a $3.6-million contract for the eight-metre-long buses last week. Niagara Transit’s fleet now has 23 specialized transit vehicles.

6 days ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bill Sawchuk

Sometimes, the wheels of justice turn slowly. It took Niagara Regional Police nearly three months to painstakingly collect the evidence that brought Richard Moore, 38, of Niagara Falls, to justice in a St. Catharines courtroom Friday in the hit-and-run death of 84-year-old cyclist Nestor Chemerika. Then Moore needed two tries six months apart before the court could accept his guilty plea for failing to stop at a fatal accident.

6 days ago | wellandtribune.ca | Bill Sawchuk

Sometimes, the wheels of justice turn slowly. It took Niagara Regional Police nearly three months to painstakingly collect the evidence that brought Richard Moore, 38, of Niagara Falls, to justice in a St. Catharines courtroom Friday in the hit-and-run death of 84-year-old cyclist Nestor Chemerika. Then Moore needed two tries six months apart before the court could accept his guilty plea for failing to stop at a fatal accident.

1 week ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bill Sawchuk

Niagara’s transit commission unveiled an ambitious 10-year master plan to improve service levels throughout the region at its meeting Tuesday. “More Niagara residents will have access to better, more frequent services with direct travel options over longer periods of the day and with even more convenient and consistent connections,” said Yuval Grinspun, the CEO of Toronto-based Left Turn Right Turn Ltd., which conducted the research and produced the report.