Fraser Valley residents relieved as transit service resumes after 124-day strike

Residents of the Fraser Valley were relieved they could once again catch the bus on Sunday, as transit service returned following a four-month drivers’ strike that left swaths of the region without a ride.

All transit service in the region has been made free for the month of August, which riders said was a welcome gesture after the disruption.

Getting on the bus in Abbotsford on Sunday “felt surreal and it felt like a blessing,” said Steven, a frequent transit rider who has a developmental disability.

“The bus is a good outlet for me to be out with people, to live life, to get places,” he said. Steven, who did not provide a

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