An Interlake-area man is being hailed a Hometown Hero for taking his neighbours into Winnipeg for medical appointments and other important life moments.
Kenn Shier moved out to the Petersfield, Man., area three years ago after he retired. Shortly after he made the move, he said his dog Boo died, and he suddenly found himself with a lot of time on his hands.
He told CTV News he first noticed the need for transportation on social media. He said there is no bus service, and the local taxi services are also limited. So he sat down and planned a way to make a ride into the city as affordable, accessible and safe as possible.
Two years later, he’s still running strong. Shier will pick someone up at home, wait with them at clinics and chauffer them around the city before driving them home. All he charges is the cost of gas.
That sounds like Petersfield, MB needs one bus service to Winnipeg at the least. Your town’s transportation department shouldn’t be dependent on the extreme goodwill of one person.
When Greyhound pulled out of Canada the feds should have picked up the slack … but they didn’t. That was a huge failure on their part and another indication of how the neoliberal mindset has taken over, where capitalism is deemed more important than service to the people who live here.