Ebus operations manager Glen Desjardine (left) joins Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar, Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone, Thompson Valley Charters co-owners Roger Nadeau and Ian Nadeau to officially launch the Kamloops to Edmonton service with points in between, beginning Thursday, May 20. The company typically charters the Kamloops Blazers, the Kamloops Storm, the Merritt Centennials and other sports teams and also transports passengers between Rocky Mountaineer rail tours and hotels in Kamloops, though such bus trips are scarce amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Thompson Valley Charters co-owner Roger Nadeau told
KTW his company decided to pivot during the pandemic and fill a need, following Greyhound’s departure from Western Canada in 2016.
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Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Thompson Valley Charters May 09, 2021 - 10:00 AM A Kamloops-based charter bus company is diversifying by offering service to Edmonton later this month.
Thompson Valley Charters will send its first bus to Edmonton on May 20 after a year-long process of permit applications. Ever since Greyhound pulled, there s been limited service up the North (Thompson) Valley, Roger Nadeau said. He s a co-owner of the company with his son Ian. The inter-provincial service will also be timed to connect with Ebus trips to and from Vancouver and Kelowna. Although the charter company normally focuses on serving Rocky Mountaineer rail passengers and hockey teams, especially the Kamloops Blazers, Nadeau said he wanted to fill the service gap left behind by Greyhound s departure.
Thompson Valley Charters co-owner Roger Nadeau told KTW his company decided to pivot during the pandemic and fill a need, following Greyhound’s departure from Western Canada in 2016. Ebus has provided private service between Kamloops and the Lower Mainland and Okanagan. However, Nadeau said service to Edmonton remained unfilled. He said the Edmonton connection will begin on May 3, running twice per week. A bus will leave Kamloops on Mondays, return on Tuesdays, leave on Thursdays and return on Fridays. “We’re interconnecting,” Nadeau said. “Between the two of us [Ebus and Thompson Valley Charters], we’re trying to make B.C. a little easier to get around.”