The transit strike which would have shut down bus and Metro service in Montreal for the weekend has been cancelled after a last-minute tentative deal was reached Friday night between the city's public transit agency and the union representing bus drivers and Metro operators.

Service will therefore be running normally Saturday and Sunday.

SCFP 1983, the union representing bus drivers, Metro operators and station agents, said in a news release that an agreement in principle was reached with the (STM) around 7 p.m. after seven days of intense negotiations.

"Our goal was to reach a negotiated agreement, and we have achieved that. Now it will be up to the members to vote through the democratic structures provided for in our bylaws and regulations," said union president Frédéric Therrien.

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