Category Archives: Transport
Bridge linking Montreal to highway toward Ontario to be closed for safety concerns
MONTREAL — One of the main bridges motorists use to travel from Montreal to Ontario on the Trans-Canada Highway system has been closed for safety reasons. Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said Thursday on Twitter engineers decided to close ...
Bridge linking Montreal to highway toward Ontario to be closed for safety concerns
MONTREAL — One of the main bridges motorists use to travel from Montreal to Ontario on the Trans-Canada Highway system has been closed for safety reasons. Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said Thursday on Twitter engineers decided to close ...
Too early to set a date on loosening travel restrictions: Canada’s transport minister
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he cannot yet commit to a date — or COVID-19 vaccination rate benchmarks — for when so-called vaccine passports will allow Canada to ease travel restrictions. Speaking at a virtual news conference Thursday...
B.C., Vancouver, create cargo e-bike hub to cut pollution, handle urban deliveries
VANCOUVER — A project to deliver packages by cargo electric bicycle is about to launch in Vancouver as the city works to reduce pollution and traffic congestion. A joint statement from the Transportation and Environment ministries says the province is ...
Quebec City tunnel beneath St. Lawrence River to cost $7B, take 10 years to build
QUEBEC — A tunnel to be built under the St. Lawrence River connecting Quebec City and Lévis, Que., will cost $7 billion, take 10 years to complete and will transform the capital, Premier François Legault said Monday. The tunnel was a
Emails reveal close communication between government, transport regulator on refunds
OTTAWA — Advocates, experts and opposition MPs say correspondence showing close communication between the federal Transport Department and the Canadian Transportation Agency around passenger refunds throws into question the independence of the CTA, an ...
Ottawa and Ontario to spend $3.4 billion to build Hamilton light-rail transit
TORONTO — Ottawa and Ontario say they will spend $3.4 billion to build a light-rail transit line in Hamilton. The federal and provincial governments announced they will each contribute $1.7 billion to the 14-kilometre line to advance the "shovel-ready"...
Garneau quarantine travel to Iceland raises government confusion over rules
OTTAWA — Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy between what Canadians are told and what regulations
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Feds invest $12B in Ontario public transit
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is investing over $12 billion in public transit projects in Ontario. He says the money will go toward four subway projects in the Greater Toronto Area and one rapid-transit project in
Feds invest $12B in Ontario public transit projects in GTHA
TORONTO — Ontario and the federal government have struck an agreement that will see Ottawa kick in $12 billion to help build several transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area over the next decade. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said