The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) says with just over two weeks left until the start of classes at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and Ottawa Catholic School Board, operators need to hire 28 new bus drivers.
Hundreds of Ottawa students may not have a bus ride on the first day of school, as the school bus authority is short dozens of bus drivers for the fall.
The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority is responsible for signing contracts with school bus operators and organizing the bus routes for Ottawa's two largest school boards. The DriveYellow.ca website shows school bus drivers are needed for Ottawa, Kanata, Nepean, Gloucester and Stittsville. Some job postings show the wage is $20 hour, and drivers will work a 14 hour week.Last fall, the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority reported a shortage of 110 school bus drivers at the start of the school year, leaving 9,000 students without a ride to school. In January, the OSTA was still short 13 drivers.
A new Angus Reid survey says two-thirds of Canadians hold a favourable view of Kamala Harris, and half say they are "hopeful" at the prospect of the Democratic presumptive nominee winning the U.S. presidential election in November.
Premier Doug Ford’s joke about sending patients waiting for an MRI or a CT scan to a newly opened animal hospital is garnering criticism from opposition MPPs at Queen’s Park.Daulton Varsho hit a three-run home run, Jose Berrios dominated over seven innings and the Toronto Blue Jays finished off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 9-2 victory on Wednesday night.In his forty-one years as a volunteer firefighter, Neil Swail had never had to perform a water rescue on land.
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