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Newsby StaffFebruary 13, 2017

Thomas Built Buses Names 2 New Platinum Support Dealers

Mid-South Bus Center in Tennessee and Warner Bus Industries in Saskatchewan are the latest dealers to become certified in the collaborative effort between the school bus manufacturer and its dealers.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 2, 2017

Lion to Add Electric Bus Manufacturing Facility in California

The Quebec-based school bus manufacturer will receive support for the facility from the state and from the province’s Green Fund.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 2, 2017

School Bus Technicians Earn ASE Master Certification

Brad Miller, who works for Durham School Services’ Indianapolis location, and Ian Moulaison at Stock Transportation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, earn the certification.

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School Bus Fleet BlogDecember 16, 2016

Most-Viewed Blog Post of 2016

For years, Margaret “Phemie” Hunka waved and held up signs for students riding buses by her home in Alberta. Her daughter-in-law, school bus driver Debbie Hunka, shares a tribute to Phemie, who died in 2015.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonNovember 18, 2016

New Brunswick Issues New Policy on Pupil Transportation

The policy clarifies that school districts have the responsibility for managing pupil transportation, including the authority to share services with another district or to contract out.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonNovember 3, 2016

School Bus Driver Strikes Averted in NYC, Toronto

The potential strikes had threatened to impact thousands of students in the two cities. In both cases, the transportation companies reach tentative agreements with the driver unions.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2016

Eberspaecher Acquires Majority Stake in Battery Management Supplier

Automotive supplier Eberspaecher now holds 80% of the shares in Vecture Inc. Eberspaecher Vecture will offer battery management products for vehicles and other applications.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 8, 2016

Driver Shortage Cited in Toronto School Bus Delays

Two Toronto school districts issue alerts that some of their contractors’ school buses are significantly delayed “due to an unanticipated bus driver shortage.”

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Newsby StaffAugust 10, 2016

Canada District Switches Entire School Bus Fleet to Propane

École St. Mary, Regina Catholic School Division and LP3 Transportation Solutions adds 89 Blue Bird Vision Propane buses. These buses make up 100% of the school division’s Type C fleet.

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Newsby StaffJune 28, 2016

School Board Reverses Cuts to Transportation

An earlier decision would have reduced student transportation spending by $2.45 million, but an outcry from parents prompts the Toronto Catholic District School Board to look for savings elsewhere.

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