Category Archives: Transport
CP NewsAlert: CP Rail and union agree to binding arbitration to end work stoppage
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the union representing 3,000 conductors, engineers and train and yard workers say they have agreed to final and binding arbitration to end a work stoppage. A statement from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conferenc...
Saskatchewan premier travelling to Europe to discuss food security, energy
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he will be travelling to Europe later this week to discuss food security and energy during a trade mission. Although the trip was planned prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moe said the war
Air Canada CEO apologizes to parliamentary committee in first comments on poor French
OTTAWA — Air Canada's chief executive has apologized to a parliamentary committee in his first comments since his poor grasp of the French language raised a huge outcry last fall. "I am sorry. I apologize again here," Michael Rousseau said in
Ottawa can pay half the cost of saving N.S.-N.B. land link from rising seas: LeBlanc
HALIFAX — The federal infrastructure minister says Ottawa will consider paying at least half the cost of protecting the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick against climate-related flooding. Dominic LeBlanc, who is also the MP for the New Br...
Canada tightens ban on Russian aircraft to include humanitarian flights
OTTAWA — The federal government says it has tightened rules for Russian aircraft after a commercial airliner was able to circumvent a ban on entering Canadian airspace late last month by falsely claiming to be a humanitarian flight. Aeroflot Flight 111...
‘Hoping for a timely and fair resolution,’ White House says of CP Rail labour dispute
WASHINGTON — Canada's reputation as a reliable trading partner for the United States suffered another black eye Monday as Americans awoke to a new kink in the bilateral supply chain: a labour dispute at CP Rail that left more than
Montreal subway extension delayed until 2029 as cost estimate rises to $6.4 billion
MONTREAL — The long-planned extension of a Montreal subway line will open in 2029 and cost some $6.4 billion, government officials said Friday. It is the fifth time in the last 33 years that politicians have announced an extension of the
Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost up to $300 million
HALIFAX — An engineering study says the cost of a decade-long project to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding will range between $189 million and just over $300 million. The study released Friday sugges...
Canadian Pacific Railway issues 72-hour lockout notice on Teamsters Canada
CALGARY — Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning. Calgary-based CP Rail said in a release Wednesday that it has issued 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference of its
Alberta proposes changes to better protect emergency staff, roadside workers
EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing to change laws to better protect those who work near traffic. Drivers must already slow down to at least 60 kilometres an hour when passing a tow truck or emergency worker. Transportation Minister Rajan Sawhney has intro...