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B.C. bus driver threats yield 63-day, time-served sentence

Rodney Francis Bruyere is banned from using Coast Mountain or TransLink buses.
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The court heard Rodney Francis Bruyere made the threats to a Coast Mountain bus driver on July 12.

A man who threatened to punch and shoot a Vancouver bus driver was sentenced to 63 days time served and one extra day served in court, a provincial court judge ruled Nov. 28.

Rodney Francis Bruyere, 53, made the threats to a Coast Mountain bus driver in Vancouver on July 12.

The court heard there were 67 assaults — including use of weapons and verbal threats — against company bus drivers in 2021.

Judge Kathryn Denhoff heard Bruyere has a record of numerous violent offences. The threats and assaults have caused drivers to need time off, a situation that affects the public riding transit, the court heard.

Denhoff noted Bruyere has been in custody 42 days, which is credited at 63 days.

She said Bruyere has indicated a willingness to get treatment for problems he faces; however, as a condition of his release, Bruyere is banned from using Coast Mountain or TransLink.

He was banned from possessing weapons as defined by the Criminal Code of Canada.

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