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With the start of school less than two weeks away, all Region of Waterloo school buses have been retrofitted with new provincially mandated amber lights.

With the start of school less than two weeks away, all Region of Waterloo school buses have been retrofitted with new provincially mandated amber lights.

Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region (STSWR) says some bus routes have been cancelled for a short period of time due to staffing issues.

  KITCHENER -- A trustee with the Waterloo Region District School Board is pushing to install cameras on school bus arms. The cameras would record drivers who dont stop when the arms and lights are activated due to students crossing. Crystal Whetham, a trustee for Cambridge and North Dumfries, had tears in her eyes talking about drivers speeding past school buses with their arms down while children crossed the street. "People dont stop, they just fly past the school bus with the lights fl...