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By Leah Blain

When Greyhound announced they were cutting their service in western Canada, it wasn香蕉视频直播檛 only the passengers who were surprised by the news.

Warren and Cheryl Keen, who had been Greyhound agents for more than 25 years, the last nine of those years in Salmon Arm, had no prior warning.

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A company, Rider Express, based out of Regina, was going to take over where Greyhound left off for Shuswap communities along Highway 1, but that hasn香蕉视频直播檛 really fallen into place as they never did establish a regular Trans-Canada route. That not only left a lot of passengers without transportation, but also customers who used the bus for parcel delivery.

Passenger service is regulated by the government so there wasn香蕉视频直播檛 much Warren could do about that, but he had an idea about the parcels.

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With the increased out-of-town deliveries, Warren has had to buy another delivery truck.

V&C Courier does a lot of deliveries within Salmon Arm as well, including flowers and legal documents.

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Warren says before Greyhound closed down, on a typical day they would have anywhere between 100 to 200 people go through the Salmon Arm station.

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They rented the former Greyhound building but Warren says it feels very different in the bus terminal now: 香蕉视频直播淚t香蕉视频直播檚 kind of funny standing there and no one is coming in anymore.香蕉视频直播�

Warren says he has a wish for 2019.

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V&C Courier delivers Monday through Friday. They don香蕉视频直播檛 always have someone at the station so it香蕉视频直播檚 best to contact them for information or before dropping something off.

For parcel delivery, call 250-832-3131 (the former Greyhound number) or Warren香蕉视频直播檚 cell at 250-832-0727.