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Transportation
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Operations largely back to normal at Toronto’s Pearson airport after fire
TORONTO – Operations at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport had largely returned to normal Monday morning after a fire the night before triggered an evacuation and major flight disruptions. The airport said on its Twitter feed that both Terminal 1 and…
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Garneau to update Canada’s position on Boeing 737 Max 8 as pressure mounts
OTTAWA – Transport Minister Marc Garneau is set to update Ottawa’s position on the Boeing 737 Max 8, the aircraft that crashed in Ethiopia, and whether Canada will fall in line with other nations that have grounded the planes. Garneau…
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10 years after Cougar chopper crash, families stress issue of workplace safety
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Every March, Lori Chynn makes the same journey across Newfoundland, travelling from her Deer Lake home on the island’s west coast to lay a wreath by a stretch of fence in St. John’s. Ten years ago,…
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More Canadians identified as victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash
A senior UN official and a New Brunswick forester were among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said one of…
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Railway accidents increased seven per cent in 2018 but fatalities fell: TSB report
OTTAWA – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the number of railway accidents increased by seven per cent last year including those involving dangerous goods, but there were fewer fatalities. There were 1,170 accidents, up from 1,091 in 2017…
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Small plane crash lands on frozen lake in eastern Manitoba, minor injuries
LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man. – People were treated for minor injuries after a small plane crash-landed on ice short of the runway near a fly-in community northeast of Winnipeg. The Amik Aviation Cessna Caravan 208-B went down Monday afternoon on…
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Officers hurt after vehicle crashes into parked police cruiser in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – RCMP say two officers were injured when a vehicle crashed into a parked police cruiser in Burnaby, B.C. Mounties say in a news release the police vehicle had pulled over at the side of a road when…
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Travel disrupted after plane slides off runway at Halifax airport
HALIFAX – Flights at Halifax Stanfield International Airport were disrupted Monday evening after an Air Canada passenger jet slid off a runway. Airport spokeswoman Tiffany Chase says Air Canada Flight 614 from Toronto landed around 6:30 p.m., but reported that…
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Parks Canada worried spilled grain from derailed CP train will attract grizzlies
BANFF, Alta. – Parks Canada is worried spilled grain from a derailed train in Banff National Park will attract hungry grizzly bears to the tracks as they emerge from hibernation in the coming weeks. The Transportation Safety Board says 20…
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Grain cars, auto carriers, involved in latest Canadian Pacific derailment
BANFF, Alta. – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says 20 cars left the tracks when a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed west of Banff, Alta. The board says 10 of the cars were carrying grain and the other…
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Coroner calls for seatbelts on buses following Humboldt crash
REGINA – The coroner’s service in Saskatchewan has released its report on the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, calling for tougher enforcement of trucking rules and mandatory seatbelts on highway buses. The office made recommendations to six different government agencies…
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Plane crashed in B.C. in 2017, killing Alberta couple, during bad weather: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an Alberta pilot flew into deteriorating weather before his small plane crashed in southeastern British Columbia, killing him and his girlfriend. The board released its investigation report Wednesday on the aircraft that…
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Passengers drowned after door design slowed exit in plane crash: TSB
GATINEAU, Que. – The Transportation Safety Board is issuing a warning over the doors on a small float plane after three passengers drowned on a sightseeing flight in the Northwest Territories last summer. The passengers died in August after the…
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Labour code issues flagged after fatal Canadian Pacific accident in Calgary
CALGARY – Documents show a federal investigator flagged labour code contraventions after a Canadian Pacific Railway train conductor died in a workplace accident in a Calgary rail yard last November. A Transport Canada rail safety inspector, delegated by the federal…
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Officials say person with measles flew from Vancouver to Edmonton to NWT
VANCOUVER – Two new cases of measles were reported in British Columbia on Sunday, with one of them prompting officials in Alberta and the Northwest Territories to warn the person may have exposed others to the infection as they travelled.…
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CN still tallying amount of oil spilled in Manitoba train derailment
ST. LAZARE, Man. – CN is still tallying up the amount of oil spilled in a train derailment on a ranch in western Manitoba. “We are still determining volume estimates at this time,” company spokesman Jonathan Abecassis said in an…
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WestJet loses appeal of court decision that refused to throw out harassment suit
VANCOUVER – WestJet has lost an appeal of a court decision that refused to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the airline of fostering a culture that tolerates harassment of female employees. Former flight attendant Mandalena Lewis is suing…
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TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
ST. LAZARE, Man. – Federal investigators say CN railcars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St.…
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Officials still working out how much oil leaked from derailment in Manitoba
ST-LAZARE, Man. – Canadian National Railway says it doesn’t yet know how much oil leaked from a derailment in western Manitoba, but it says trains are now running on the line again. The railway said Saturday there was “a partial…
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Sulphur leaks, traffic disrupted, when semi rolls on northern Alberta highway
GRASSLAND, Alta. – A busy northern Alberta highway was left impassable after crews moved in to clean up molten sulphur that leaked from a flipped semi-trailer truck. The single-vehicle accident happened Monday on Highway 63, east of the community of…