Category Archives: Transport
Iran controls black boxes data from Ukraine crash downloaded in Paris: TSB chair
OTTAWA — Iran has the final say over who gets to analyze the flight data recorders from the Ukrainian passenger jet that its own Revolutionary Guard shot down in January, says the head of Canada's Transportation Safety Board. Kathy Fox, the
B.C. to get $2.2B in COVID-19 support, Horgan celebrates paid sick leave program
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he's proud that a national sick leave program has been announced as part of $19 billion in federal funding to support the provinces and territories during the COVID-19 p...
Manitoba government promises safer intersection of two major highways
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising to change a major intersection on the Trans-Canada Highway to improve road safety. Premier Brian Pallister says traffic lights at the junction of highways 1 and 16, west of Portage la Prairie,&n...
Air Canada urges Ottawa to adopt ‘science-based approach’ to reopen travel
MONTREAL — Air Canada is again urging the government to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, this time by adopting a "science-based approach" that would open travel to countries with low risks of infection. In a letter sent Wednesday to various mini...
CFIA cancels imports of some puppies from Ukraine after dead dogs found on plane
TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will not allow commercial puppies under the age of eight months to be imported from Ukraine after dozens of dead or sick dogs were found on a flight at Toronto's airport. The agency
Premier promises to keep a close watch on people in vehicles with U.S. plates
HALIFAX — With an increasing number of Nova Scotians complaining on social media about seeing cars with American plates entering the province, Premier Stephen McNeil has pledged to keep a closer watch on those showing up at the border fr...
Alberta government to twin southern highway to spur economic recovery
TABER, Alta. — The Alberta government says it will twin a 46-kilometre stretch of highway in southern Alberta. Officials say the improvements to Highway 3 between Taber and Burdett will support 755 jobs and drive economic recovery and diversification i...
Order restricting entry to Canada extended to July 31 as COVID-19 worries remain
OTTAWA — The federal government says it has extended tight rules barring most foreign travellers from entering Canada until the end of July as part of efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. The restrictions covering people seeking to enter Canada
Quebec mandates masks on public transit but won’t issue fines for non-compliance
MONTREAL — Quebec is making masks mandatory for all public transit users, but Premier Francois Legault says police will not enforce the new rule and those who refuse to wear them won't be fined. Instead, Legault told reporters Tuesday in...
Cornwallis debate: Coast guard working with Indigenous group to change ship name
HALIFAX — The federal government is asking an Indigenous group to recommend a new name for a Canadian Coast Guard ship that pays tribute to a British military officer who offered a bounty for the scalps of Mi'kmaq people. "This is an imp...