Category Archives: Transport
Airline unions call on Ottawa for $7 billion in loans for ailing industry
Labour leaders are calling on Ottawa to provide immediate financial aid and rapid viral testing to an airline industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The heads of two pilots' unions and Unifor asked the federal government on Thursday to offer car...
Corroded rail caused 2019 passenger train derailment in New Brunswick: TSB
HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board says a corroded rail at a road crossing caused the derailment of a Via Rail passenger train last year in eastern New Brunswick. The last two passenger cars jumped the tracks near Coal Branch as
Furloughed WestJet workers demand clarity on wage subsidy program amid pay cut
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is warning furloughed workers their pay will be cut by up to 53 per cent starting Sunday due to changes in the extended federal wage subsidy, prompting flight crews to call on Ottawa for action. The maximum weekly
Airlines demand ‘concrete plan’ for financial aid after throne speech hints at relief
Canada's flight industry is tentatively taking heart in signals from the throne speech that financial help is on the way but wants to see quick, clear action to support the sector, which has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.The government's
Atlantic Canada airports estimate 92 per cent drop in summer travel
HALIFAX — Atlantic Canada's airports say they need more money from the federal government to cope with a massive decline in airline traffic owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Atlantic Canada Airports Association said today the 11 airports it repr...
‘We felt that we won’: Vancouver shipyard fights second icebreaker battle
OTTAWA — Mark Lamarre is making his latest pitch for why Ottawa should choose Seaspan ULC to build the Canadian Coast Guard’s next flagship, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. The pitch involves an arrangement in which, if the Vancouver shipbuilder gets
New Brunswick’s Green party promises to replace Lameque-Shippagan Bridge
FREDERICTON — The leader of New Brunswick's Green party says the bridge that links Lameque and Miscou islands with the Acadian Peninsula will be replaced if his party is elected to govern the province on Monday. David Coon issued a ...
$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA — Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser and leaders of the Huu-ay...
Ottawa, airlines agree on passenger info rules to aid contact-tracing efforts
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's largest airlines agreed to a new set of rules to help contact-tracing efforts should a passenger test positive for COVID-19. Passengers will be asked to provide their contact information, such as a...
Pilot-desperate Air Force sees nine aviators rejoin amid COVID-19
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force's attempts to capitalize on the layoffs that have ravaged Canada's commercial airline industry during the COVID-19 pandemic have had some early — albeit extremely limited — success. The military has for years ...