Premier Doug Ford speaks at Queen's Park on Bill 28. Nov. 1, 2022

The Ford Government is connecting 107 municipalities across the province with transit systems affected by Covid-19 related costs with $505, 000,000 of new money to address those costs.

Premier Doug Ford says the money will help cover costs such as revenue losses, operating expenses, and provincial transit priority projects.

Here in the Northwest nine communities will be getting money including:

• Atikokan $ 5,000.
• Dryden $ 19,238
• Fort Frances $ 5,000
• Greenstone $ 5,000
• Kenora $ 20,072
• Machin $ 9,142
• Schreiber $ 5,000
• Sioux Lookout $ 5,000
• Thunder Bay $ 871,024

Previously the federal and provincial governments have collectively invested more than two billion dollars since 2020 for transit systems affected by Covid-19.