Category Archives: Transport
Canada-U.S. to extend border restrictions until Sept. 21
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border are being extended another 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two countries will continue their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border trips until at ...
BC Ferries eligible for joint provincial-federal Safe Restart transit funding
VANCOUVER — The financially struggling BC Ferries will be eligible to receive funding through the joint federal and provincial Safe Restart Agreement. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the ferry service will be eligible for some of...
Feds look to finalize deal with airlines amid contact tracing concerns
OTTAWA — British Columbia's transport minister made an official plea to her federal counterpart Wednesday to quickly make airlines provide more details on travellers to aid contact tracing efforts that could help slow the spread of the novel coron...
COVID-19 blamed as work on military port first promised in 2007 sees new delay
OTTAWA — The construction of a new military refuelling station in the Arctic is facing another delay more than 13 years after it was first promised by the federal government, with one analyst raising concerns about other pressing military needs in...
COVID-19 blamed as work on military port first promised in 2007 sees new delay
OTTAWA — The construction of a new military refuelling station in the Arctic is facing yet another delay more than 13 years after it was first promised by the federal government. Stephen Harper first announced plans to build the Nanisivik deep-wat...
‘Ice jacking’ caused CN Rail derailment, crude leak in northwestern Ontario
TORONTO — A freight-train derailment in northwestern Ontario that led to a significant oil spill this winter was caused by a phenomenon known as "ice jacking," federal investigators reported on Thursday. The report by the Transportation Safety Board of...
‘Ice jacking’ caused CN Rail derailment, crude leak in northwestern Ontario
TORONTO — A freight-train derailment in northwestern Ontario that led to a significant oil spill this winter was caused by a phenomenon known as "ice jacking," federal investigators reported on Thursday. The report by the Transportation Safety Board of...
Quebec shipyard late on delivering icebreakers after pushing feds on purchase
OTTAWA — A Quebec shipyard that pushed the federal government to buy second-hand icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard two years ago is now late in delivering the much-needed vessels as it works to increase their icebreaking capabilities. Ottawa agr...
Iran shootdown of plane carrying Canadians ‘illegal,’ says Ukraine minister
OTTAWA — A Ukraine minister says a preliminary analysis of flight recorders has revealed that Iran illegally shot down a passenger jet from his country over Tehran. Yevhenii Yenin, Ukraine's deputy foreign minister, made the declaration in a Twitter po...
US moves one step closer to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly
Federal safety regulators are moving closer to letting the grounded Boeing 737 Max fly again with changes that Boeing made to the plane after two deadly crashes. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that “in the near future” it will issue