Category Archives: Transport
Public safety minister grilled over quarantine hotel security after alleged assaults
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair faced harsh questions Wednesday over security related to the federal quarantine program after reports of two incidents of alleged sexual assault. At a parliamentary committee hearing, Conservative MP Shannon S...
Public safety minister grilled over quarantine hotel security after alleged assaults
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair faced harsh questions Wednesday over security related to the federal quarantine program after reports of two incidents of alleged sexual assault. At a parliamentary committee hearing, Conservative MP Shannon S...
Inter-city bus network and regional airports in B.C. get $27M funding boost
VICTORIA, Brazil — Regional airports and a bus system serving rural and remote communities in British Columbia are getting nearly $27 million in funding from the province. Premier John Horgan says inter-city bus operators are now eligible to apply for ...
TransLink study shows copper kills almost all bacteria on high-touch surfaces
VANCOUVER — Results of a study led by Metro Vancouver's transit operator reveal copper on high-touch surfaces is lethal to bacteria. A statement from TransLink says the findings of the industry-leading trial show copper products kill up to 99.9 per cen...
Liberals tap $2.75B of promised transit dollars for zero-emission buses
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are setting aside some of the billions of dollars planned in short-term transit spending to help municipalities further green their bus fleets. The hope is that the $2.75 billion in traditional grant money will dovetail wi...
Unifor’s Dias says Air Canada holding to refund pledge as aid negotiations drag on
OTTAWA — Unifor president Jerry Dias says Air Canada continues to promise refunds for passengers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline has made the pledge repeatedly during negotiations with the federal government over ...
New rules appear to push international air travel down even further than pre-pandemic
OTTAWA — Canada's new COVID-19 testing and quarantine rules for international air travellers appear to have convinced even more would-be travellers to stay put in recent weeks. In the last two weeks of January international arrivals fell to 106,000 peo...
‘I don’t want a small town:’ Airport leaders rally to save control towers
REGINA — Eleven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, silence fills Regina's airport. Empty check-in counters line one side of the terminal while the odd employee moves behind reception along a row of vehicle rental desks. There's no one on the staircas...
Profit margin of heavily subsidized Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry service revealed
HALIFAX — A private ferry operator has released the management fees it receives from the Nova Scotia government after a judge last week ordered the figure be disclosed. Bay Ferries said today that under a deal dated April 1, 2018, it
Profit margin of heavily subsidized Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry service revealed
HALIFAX — A private ferry operator has released the management fees it receives from the Nova Scotia government after a judge last week ordered the figure be disclosed.Bay Ferries said today that under a deal dated April 1, 2018, it