The bus stops here.
Residents of Hanna will now be able to reap the benefits of Greyhound service returning to town after Greyhound Canada reached an agreement with Willow Creek Bistro and Gift’s as their depot.
The news came as a result of Town officials actively lobbying Greyhound to return to Hanna.
“We actively solicited Greyhound for a depot and we worked with them to find a local business that would be interested in taking it on,” said Laurie Armstrong, Economic Development Officer for Hanna.
Greyhound service to the area shut down last year when Greyhound Canada announced they would no longer be sending regular buses through Drumheller and Hanna to Saskatchewan.
In that time, passenger service has resumed, but not all of Greyhound’s services were returned.
“Ever since the Greyhound stopped, you could still get [passenger] pick up and drop off here, but you had to make arrangements through the contractor in Alaska,” said Armstrong. “The parcel service was very inconvenient. They’d have to be picked up in Youngstown.”
Willow Creek will now handle both passenger tickets and parcel services out of their business.
