Category Archives: Transport
Federal public safety minister suspends sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has suspended the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles, two days after a man in Nova Scotia was arrested for allegedly impersonating an officer while driving a fake police car. The suspect's 2013 Ford Taurus
Big winter storm expected to bring blizzard-like conditions to eastern Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Blizzard-like conditions are expected to descend on parts of eastern Newfoundland on Thursday as the provincial election campaign nears the end of its first week. Environment Canada says up to 30 centimetres of snow is in the
Maritime senators issue plea for Ottawa to provide financial support to Maritime Bus
OTTAWA — Twenty-one senators from the Maritimes are urging the federal government to provide financial assistance to an inter-city bus service that they say is in financial peril because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The senators have sent a letter to fede...
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ottawa OKs return of Boeing Max aircraft to Canadian skies
MONTREAL — The Boeing 737 MAX can return to Canadian airspace beginning Wednesday, Transport Canada says, concluding nearly two years of government review after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide. The...
Canada’s top doctor says to avoid non-essential travel as B.C. explores legal options
OTTAWA — British Columbia's decision to seek legal advice on limiting travel reinforces the message that it isn't the time to go on vacation across the country, Canada's chief medical officer of health said Friday. Dr. Theresa Tam said stopping non-ess...
Picturesque lighthouse at Nova Scotia’s Peggys Cove to get viewing platform
HALIFAX — Easily one of Canada's most recognizable landmarks, the rugged point of land surrounding the postcard-perfect lighthouse at Peggys Cove, N.S., will be getting a much-needed facelift this summer. Plans were unveiled Friday to build a large vie...
Trudeau leaves door open to tighter travel ban, eyeing COVID-19 mutations abroad
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country. “We’re always open to strengthening them as necessary," Tr...
B.C. seeking legal advice on limiting travel to the province: premier
VICTORIA — The B.C. government is seeking legal advice on whether it can limit non-essential travel to the province during the pandemic, the premier says. Premier John Horgan told a news conference Thursday there is concern about people coming from oth...
CEO of air traffic controller Nav Canada cites ‘staggering’ drop in flights in 2020
OTTAWA — Nav Canada saw profits and air traffic plummet in its first quarter as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to batter the air traffic control company. The "staggering" decline in flights prompted massive layoffs as well as a 45
Massive turbines trucked toward B.C.’s Site C dam in wide, slow convoy
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Two massive sections of turbine for the Site C hydroelectric project in British Columbia are being trucked slowly toward the dam and have reached Prince George.Two eight-metre-wide by five-metre-tall turbine runners are being tran...