Donate-A-Ride is more than a lift for recipients in Edmonton

An Indigenous couple is new to the city. They have work, but money is tight. Both are staying at a motel. And every day the young woman hops on transit without paying, risking a large fine.
“It was just an expense they couldn’t spare,” said Cheryl Whiskeyjack, executive director of the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society, an Indigenous non-profit.
“Donate-A-Ride was the way we supported this young lady,” Whiskeyjack said during a fundraising announcement Wednesda