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Transportation
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New trial for young man convicted in 2011 highway crash that killed Ontario cop
Officer dragged about 300 metres by van after pulling it over
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DriverCheck’s 2nd Annual Fitness for Duty Summit
DriverCheck is currently gearing up for their 2nd Annual Fitness for Duty Summit. This year’s event will be held in Edmonton, Alberta on October 2 and 3. The inaugural event held last year in Milton, Ontario hosted 350 attendees and…
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OnRoads Driver Safety Publication Helps Organizations Reduce Fleet Driver Crashes and Costs
AUGUST 13, 2019 – Advanced Driver Training Services (ADTS), a leading provider of driver-safety training services and products since 1983, is offering a bimonthly driver-safety publication that helps organizations prevent fleet driver crashes, reducing the associated costs and liability while…
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Two dead after tow plane and glider collide in southern Alberta
BLACK DIAMOND, Alta.- Emergency medical officials say two people are dead after a glider crashed southwest of Calgary. EMS responded to reports of the crash near the Cu Nim Gliding Club, east of Black Diamond, Alta., shortly before 4 p.m.…
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Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to assess B.C. seaplane crash
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team of investigators to the scene of a seaplane accident that killed four people and left five injured on a remote, uninhabited island in British Columbia on Friday. Board…
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N.L. fishing guide among dead in Labrador plane crash, four still missing
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A funeral for an experienced fishing guide and father of three was held in Deer Lake, N.L., Monday, one week after a float plane that he and six others were on board crashed into a lake…
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One dead, one injured after plane crashes into river near Jasper, Alberta
JASPER, Alta. – One person has died and another was taken to hospital after a small plane crashed into a river in western Alberta. RCMP Const. Shelley Nasheim says the aircraft was attempting to take off from an airstrip near…
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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…