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Transportation
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School bus crash in Edmonton sends 12 to hospital, 2 with broken bones
EDMONTON – Twelve people, including 11 children, were taken to hospital Thursday after a school bus crash on one of Edmonton’s busiest freeways. Emergency officials said the collision happened at about 8:15 a.m. on Whitemud Drive near the Quesnell Bridge…
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Canadian among six dead in mid air float plane crash in Alaska
VANCOUVER – Six people are now confirmed dead in the midair crash of two sightseeing floatplanes in Alaska, including one Canadian, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Tuesday. The U.S. agency released the latest numbers after two more bodies were…
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Suspect arrested after vehicle crashes through Edson, Alta., building
EDSON, Alta. – RCMP in Edson, Alta., say they have a suspect in custody after a vehicle was driven through a building housing a provincial court house in the town west of Edmonton. Police say officers were called to the…
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Five hurt, driver charged after fuel truck strikes plane at Pearson airport
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries and a fuel truck driver was charged after a truck hit a plane on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson airport early Friday morning. Authorities say the Air Canada…
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Trucker charged after tractor trailer hits building in Tavistock, Ont.
TAVISTOCK, Ont. – Provincial police say a 21-year-old truck driver has been charged after his tractor-trailer hit a building in Tavistock, Ont. They say the crash happened at an intersection that’s controlled by traffic lights. Officers say the truck was…
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Transportation Safety Board deploys team to fatal plane crash in Smithers, B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to the site of a fatal small plane crash in northern British Columbia. The Cessna 182 went down Saturday about 100 kilometres northeast of Smithers. RCMP confirmed…
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Ontario’s transportation minister raises possibility of higher speed limits
TORONTO – Ontario will look at raising speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that those roads can safely handle traffic at 120 kilometres an hour. Jeff Yurek said Wednesday that he will announce speed limit consultations…
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Rescue team dispatched to site of plane crash in Labrador, two men hurt
MAKKOVIK, N.L. – Two men injured in the crash of a small plane into a mountain are being transported by snowmobile to a medical station in Labrador. RCMP say a search and rescue team went to the crash site Wednesday…
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Company behind possible second roadside THC tester eager to sell to Canada
OTTAWA – The company behind the second machine that could be approved for roadside drug tests in Canada says its product is faster and easier to use for police wary about the technology. Six months after the federal government legalized…
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Consider climate impact on infrastructure suffering repeated flooding: experts
With key infrastructure in the Maritimes and Quebec again threatened by surging waterways, flooding experts say it’s past time for fixes that consider worst-case climate change scenarios. The New Brunswick government announced Wednesday night the closure of portions of the…
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Early data suggests no post legalization spike in drug impaired driving charges
VANCOUVER – Canadian police say they haven’t been busting many more stoned drivers six months after legalization, but they are reminding drivers to keep cannabis out of reach. The Canadian Press canvassed police forces across the country and most reported…
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Panel to review approval of Boeing 737 Max flight controls
CHICAGO – A global team of experts next week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Max’s flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says experts from nine international civil aviation authorities have confirmed…
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WestJet appeals to high court in legal action over anti harassment promise
CALGARY – WestJet Airlines Ltd. is going to the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to have a proposed class-action lawsuit launched by a former flight attendant thrown out of court. The airline lost efforts to scuttle the action…
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B.C. trucker pleads guilty to lesser charges in fatal Manitoba crash
WINNIPEG – A semi-trailer truck driver from British Columbia who was involved in a Manitoba collision that killed two people has pleaded guilty to a pair of careless driving charges. Gurjant Singh, who is in his mid-20s, was initially charged…
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Crew of runaway grain train in Manitoba improperly trained: report
MINNEDOSA, Man. – A Winnipeg newspaper says it’s learned that a train with more than 100 loaded grain cars careened down a hill through the southwestern Manitoba town of Minnedosa last year. The Free Press also says federal investigators have…
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N.S. RCMP officer injured after out of control vehicle hits his SUV
FALL RIVER, N.S. – A Nova Scotia Mountie was injured when his SUV was hit by an out-of-control motorist at the scene of a separate collision. RCMP say the officer was treated for minor injuries at hospital and released. The…
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Via Rail says no one injured as passenger train derails in New Brunswick
HALIFAX – A Halifax-bound Via Rail train derailed Thursday in New Brunswick, but the rail carrier says there were no injuries to the 94 passengers and 15 crew. Via said in a statement that two cars on Train 14 out…
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N.S. woman plans constitutional challenge of roadside cannabis test
HALIFAX – A lawyer for a Nova Scotia motorist whose licence was suspended after her saliva tested positive for cannabis says his firm will use the case to launch a constitutional challenge of Canada’s revamped impaired driving laws. Jack Lloyd…
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Legacies of Broncos bus crash include truck safety, seatbelts and organ donation
HUMBOLDT, Sask. – Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured a year ago when a semi-truck and a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided in rural Saskatchewan. An inexperienced truck driver who blew a stop sign,…
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One dead, one in critical condition after plane crash north of Kenora: police
KENORA, Ont. – Police in northern Ontario say one person is dead and another is in serious condition after a small plane crashed north of Kenora, Ont. Provincial police say the crash took place on Saturday afternoon on Snowshoe Lake,…