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Six protesters who staged a sit-in on the final STC bus to drive from Regina to Saskatoon were arrested early Thursday morning.

Police were called to the STC depot in Saskatoon just after 9:30 p.m. after getting reports that a number of people were on the bus that had just arrived from Regina, and refused to leave.

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Negotiations between police and the protesters carried on until 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, when the protesters were arrested and escorted off the bus.

A 32-year-old woman, two 37-year-old men and a 23-year-old man from Saskatoon were arrested, along with a 54-year-old woman and 33-year-old man from Regina. All six were transported to the SPS detention centre where they were warned for mischief and released.

Peter Garden, one of the organizers of Stop The Cuts, said the protest wasn’t planned by the group.

“This is a group of folks who decided to peacefully occupy the last bus coming from Regina to Saskatoon as a statement against the cuts to the STC, the closure,” Garden said. “This was never approved in our meetings but there’s groups that are certainly taking action.”