Category Archives: Transport
Preliminary report finds complaints about Air Canada CEO speech founded: commissioner
GATINEAU, Que. — The Commissioner of Official Languages says a preliminary report into whether a speech by the chief executive of Air Canada in November met the airline's obligations under the Official Languages Act has established that the complaints ...
More cost overruns, delays coming for new navy, coast guard fleets
OTTAWA — Federal bureaucrats are warning that more cost overruns and delays are on the horizon for the delivery of new ships to Canada’s navy and coast guard, as “significant challenges” batter Ottawa’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding program. That in...
Bus services in northern B.C. to receive $2.8 million in funding to expand services
VICTORIA — The provincial government is spending $2.8 million to expand community shuttle bus services in remote and Indigenous areas of northern British Columbia. A statement from the Transportation Ministry says the funding will be shared between 18 ...
Ontario to permanently set speed limits on some highway sections at 110 km/h
Ontario is keeping speed limits of 110 kilometres per hour on six sections of provincial highways. The province announced Tuesday that the boosted speed limits in some areas of highway, which had been introduced as a pilot project in 2019, would
Construction begins on new Toronto subway line
TORONTO — The province broke ground Sunday on a long-awaited new subway line in Toronto, which Ontario Premier Doug Ford described as a "once-in-a-lifetime" project. Ford said the project is a key part of his government's plan to build transit and
B.C. ready to proceed with permanent repairs to flood-damaged Coquihalla Highway
HOPE, B.C. — The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says it is moving ahead with permanent repairs to a key B.C. highway damaged by catastrophic flooding last November. A statement from the ministry says it has begun the process to select
St. Lawrence Seaway opens ready to fill commodity void from Ukraine war
The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened Thursday for a 64th navigation season with the prospect of increased demand for Canadian grain and fertilizer stemming from the war in Ukraine. Sanctions against Russia and devastation across Ukraine could dram...
Electric vehicle battery plant to be built in Windsor, Ont.
Automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution will build a large-scale electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., a "game-changing" announcement federal and provincial leaders said positions Ontario to build the cars of t...
Ontario putting $91M toward electric vehicle chargers at rest stops, parks
TORONTO — Ontario is putting $91 million toward installing electric vehicle chargers at highway rest stops, carpool parking lots, parks and hockey arenas. It's the first time the Progressive Conservative government has funded charging stations for elec...
Workers back on the job after CP Rail and union agree to final arbitration
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. rail employees are back on the job, but one labour relations expert says it could take weeks before matters are settled between the country's second-largest railway and the union representing 3,000 conductors, engineers, t...