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Transportation
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Bad weather delays search for float plane passengers at Labrador crash site
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Bad weather has forced the RCMP to call off flights taking search teams to the remote Labrador lake where a float plane carrying seven people crashed on Monday. Three bodies have been found and four men…
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B.C. on right road with tougher ride hailing driver rules, says expert
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government’s firm position on tougher driver’s licence requirements for ride-hailing is a move in the right direction, given the experiences from other jurisdictions, a transportation expert says. “I would applaud the B.C. government for standing…
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Plane crash in Quebec claims three
MONTREAL – A prominent Montreal-area lawyer was among the three victims of a plane crash that occurred in a remote region of northern Quebec on Friday. Quebec provincial police say 67-year-old James Duggan was aboard the float plane that went…
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Turbulence injures dozens on Air Canada flight to Australia
HONOLULU – Intense turbulence struck an Air Canada flight to Australia on Thursday and sent unbuckled passengers flying into the ceiling, forcing the plane to land in Hawaii. The flight from Vancouver to Sydney encountered “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence,” about…
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Ride hail firms can apply to operate in B.C. Sept. 3, ahead of launch this year
VICTORIA – The journey to bring ride-hailing to British Columbia came closer to a destination Monday as the provincial government announced it will start accepting applications in September for companies to enter the market. Safety, insurance and penalty rules and…
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N.B. pilot dies in single engine aircraft crash on private landing strip
SUSSEX, N.B. – The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a 67-year-old man died following a single-engine plane crash in rural New Brunswick. The RCMP say in a release the man from Kingston, N.B., was killed after his small aircraft…
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US, Canadian safety officials looking into train derailment
PORT HURON, Mich. – Safety officials in the U.S. and Canada are looking into a multi-car train derailment in an international tunnel connecting Michigan’s Port Huron to Sarnia, Ontario. The National Transportation Safety Board says investigators have been sent to…
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Two men killed after small plane crashes in Rougemont, Que.
MONTREAL – Two men have died after a small plane crashed Monday in an orchard east of Montreal. Quebec provincial police identified the two victims as men aged 51 and 66-years-old, from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Mont-St-Gregoire, Que., southeast of Montreal. Police…
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Federal government making electronic logs mandatory for truck, bus drivers
ETOBICOKE, Ont. – Transport Canada says it will require all commercial drivers to have electronic logging devices – one of the recommendations out of a coroner’s report into the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The federal department says it will make…
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Opposition says Manitoba air ambulance program suffering from privatization
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government says its Lifeflight airplane-ambulance service will continue uninterrupted this weekend despite a suggestion to the contrary by the Opposition New Democrats. Lifeflight mainly provides inter-hospital transfers for patients more than 200 kilometres from Winnipeg, and…
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RCMP say three people killed in plane crash near Medicine Hat, Alta.
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – A small plane that crashed after taking off from Medicine Hat, Alta., was returning to Saskatchewan following a party to celebrate an upcoming wedding, says the mother of one of the three people who died. Nancy…
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Saskatchewan introduces mandatory truck driver training for farmers
REGINA – Saskatchewan is expanding mandatory training for semi- truck drivers to include farmers. The government introduced 122-hour compulsory training for commercial truck drivers in March, but gave a temporary exemption to farmers who drive semis as part of their…
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Feds lay out proposed new rules for voice, video recorders in locomotives
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals have laid out their proposal for rules around voice and data recorders on locomotives, specifying when companies can use the devices to address safety concerns and how workers’ privacy will be protected. Legislation passed by…
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Two dead as single engine plane crashes after takeoff from Whitehorse airport
WHITEHORSE – Transportation Safety Board investigators are on their way to the scene of a deadly plane crash in Yukon. Spokesman Jon Lee says a single-engine Cessna 170 crashed into trees moments after take off from the Whitehorse airport on…
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2 men dead after small plane crashes in Lanaudiere Friday night
SAINT-CUTHBERT, Que. – Officials say an instructor and his student have died after an ultralight aircraft lost control and crashed Friday night in Saint-Cuthbert in Quebec’s Lanaudiere region. Transportation Safety Board of Canada spokesman Chris Klepski says an investigator has…
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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…