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A new collective agreement struck between the City of Fredericton and its bus drivers eliminates a provision that entitled them to double pay on Sundays, improving the prospects the transit service will be extended to that day.
Providing Sunday bus service in Fredericton could cost the city as much as $2.4 million annually, with much of that cost thanks to a section in the drivers' collective agreement stipulating they be paid double for working on that day.
Dave and Susan Walker have been owners of Sunset U-Pick strawberry farm for forty years, and now, they're ready to retire. While buyers are interested in taking over, it hasn't been the seamless process the Walkers hoped for.
The City of Fredericton has unveiled new technology it says will help provide data that will guide how Sunday service will eventually be adopted.
Fredericton Transit got some technological upgrades including a new app to track buses in real-time. But Sunday service is still at least a year out.