Cancer patients travelling for treatment concerned by STC closure
The closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) may impact cancer patients who travel for treatment.
The province announced Wednesday it was scrapping the bus service at the end of May, leaving 224 people out of work and many users potentially stranded.
Philip Racette, 65, is currently being treated five days a week for prostate cancer. He takes the STC from Prince Albert to Saskatoon, about 142 kilometres each way, for every visit.
“I was very disappointed when I heard the news, but it just wasn’t for medical reasons – I’ve taken the bus all my life,” he said.
Racette has 35 treatments left and will be finished just before STC shuts down. He’s concerned others, however, may be faced with additional barriers now the service is ending.