Manitoba First Nation buys former Greyhound bus depot, plans to revitalize northern bus service to Brandon

By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Manitoba First Nation has confirmed they have acquired a former Greyhound bus depot in the city of Brandon, and are now working on their plans to see bus services and routes offered from Brandon to several communities. On Wednesday, March 13, the Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation (WSFN) and the community’s Chief Elwood Zastre confirmed WSFN, which is located about 375 kilometres north of Brandon, has purchased the 10,700-square-foot building that formerly housed a Greyhound depot in the city. The depot was shut down and put up for sale in 2018, originally listed at a cost of $995,000. Plans are now in the works for the building to be renovated, and for buses to run out of the depot from Brandon, although exact…

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