'It's getting scary': Saskatoon woman assaulted while waiting for public transit

A Saskatoon woman said she has safety concerns with city transit after she was assaulted and robbed on her way home from work.

A Saskatoon woman said she has safety concerns with city transit after she was assaulted and robbed on her way home from work.

After riding the bus in Saskatoon for decades, Kathy Sinclair says she’s seeing more violence in recent years.

“It’s getting scary nowadays,” she said.

Sinclair said she’s been assaulted twice, first on the bus, and then at a bus stop on Confederation Drive, where she was also robbed.

“I’m just concerned for everybody who takes the bus, you know, that they don’t have to go through what I’ve been through.”

The City of Saskatoon told CTV News it’s set aside $482,600 in this year’s budget to recruit six transit support workers to help curb violence and monitor incidents.

“I think it will help having a uniformed presence in buses and around the bus stops and terminals,” said Darcy Pederson, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union.