TTC orders 110 buses from NFI Group subsidiary to update Wheel-Trans fleet
TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission has placed an order for 110 low-floor transit buses with the subsidiary of NFI Group for an undisclosed price. The coach manufacturer says up to 30 buses will be delivered by ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC
Military headed to Manitoba to help with growing number of wildfires, evacuations
WINNIPEG — The Canadian Armed Forces will be assisting with the growing number of wildfires in Manitoba. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair tweeted late yesterday that up to 120 military members are being sent to the province. Four First Nations
In N.S. campaign crowded at ideological centre, NDP leader critiques big business
HALIFAX — As NDP Leader Gary Burrill campaigned Wednesday on the fifth day of the Nova Scotia election, he emphasized that his party would take the longest to balance budgets and would be the least cosy with big business. It's part
‘Defining issue’: Federal environment minister says extreme weather a wake-up call
CALGARY — Canada's environment minister says extreme weather conditions across the country should be a wake-up call for people resisting taking action against climate change. Wildfires are raging out of control, forcing residents out of their homes, in...
Feds will fight ‘alarming’ rise in hate crimes, Trudeau tells antisemitism summit
OTTAWA — The federal government will continue rejecting and fighting antisemitism in all its forms as hate-motivated crimes against the Jewish community rise in Canada and around the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. Speaking to a na...
Elizabeth May speaks out about ‘rumours’ swirling around Green party turmoil
OTTAWA — Former Green leader Elizabeth May is speaking out after months of near-silence on the internal strife engulfing the party she headed for 13 years. In a statement to media Tuesday afternoon, May says "rumours" about her involvement in party
B.C. helps fund searches for Indigenous remains
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals. Murray Rankin, the minister of Indigenous relations and reconcili...
WestJet wraps talks with federal government, not seeking aid
CALGARY — WestJet says it is not seeking financial aid from the federal government after months of talks between Ottawa and the airline. It says each party has agreed to shift focus to restarting the travel and tourism sector, given encouraging
Canadian Press NewsAlert: WestJet wraps talks with Ottawa, not seeking federal aid
CALGARY — WestJet says it is not seeking financial aid from the federal government after months of talks between Ottawa and the airline. It says each party has agreed to shift focus to restarting the travel and tourism sector, given encouraging
Businesses along U.S. border hoping for imminent easing of travel restrictions
CALGARY — U.S. businesses are waiting anxiously for an expected announcement on when the American border will reopen to Canadian tourists. "I'll be ecstatic . . . I'm going to hire some people back and take some days off," said Bill