Category Archives: Transport
‘Remarkable’ reconstruction on Highway 1 allows it to reopen in B.C.: minister
VICTORIA — Another patch in British Columbia's damaged highway system has been completed as the province reopened Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon on Monday. Large sections of the highway were damaged or washed away when a series of record-setting ...
Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns protests by unvaccinated truckers
OTTAWA — A federation representing truckers across Canada has denounced a series of planned protests against the federal government's cross-border travel vaccine mandate, arguing such demonstrations aren't a safe or effective way of resisting the polic...
Truckers should have done more to prepare for vaccine mandate, experts say
MONTREAL — The trucking industry's hardline stance against the vaccine mandate for drivers marks a wrong turn, experts say, arguing the sector should have been better prepared for the January deadline. The Liberal government announced in November that ...
Ontario gives $120M boost to cities’ gas tax funding to make up for low fuel sales
TORONTO — Ontario municipalities with public transit systems are receiving an additional $120 million in funding this year. The Ontario government provides those communities with two cents per litre of the provincial gas tax revenue it collects. But th...
Public Health Agency of Canada involved in ‘error’ on trucker vaccine rules: sources
OTTAWA — Turmoil and confusion over whether truckers would remain exempt from the vaccine mandate last week stemmed from bureaucrats misinterpreting policy in more than one federal agency — including the one that co-ordinates Canada's response to the C...
Drivers told not to stop for photos along flood-damaged B.C. highway
VANCOUVER — A key British Columbia highway has reopened to all traffic after being torn apart by disastrous flooding in November but it only took hours for the Transportation Ministry to issue a safety reminder. In a post on social media,
$500 million to be spent on Nova Scotia’s highways, roads and bridges in 2022-23
HALIFAX — Capital spending to improve and upgrade Nova Scotia's roads, highways and bridges is expected to approach nearly $500 million in the 2022-23 fiscal year. Officials said Tuesday the provincial contribution to the total is about $340 million, w...
Airlines, airport ask government to drop arrivals testing requirement
MONTREAL — Canada's largest airlines and its busiest airport asked the federal government Monday to drop its rule requiring vaccinated travellers to test on arrival for COVID-19. In a letter to Ottawa and the Ontario government, Air Canada, WestJet and...
Truckers call on B.C. government to ensure dangerous highways cleaned
VANCOUVER — A group representing truck drivers is calling on the B.C. government to ensure highways are cleared of snow and dangerous potholes are fixed or goods will no longer be transported. Ajay Toor, who speaks for the West Coast Trucking
Section of Highway 1 in B.C. opens after November’s record rainstorms
VICTORIA — A section of Highway 1 between Kanaka Bar and Spences Bridge in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon has been reopened two months after parts of it were washed away in torrential storms. A statement from the Transportation Ministry says