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Transportation
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TSB says derailed train began to move on its own; three crew members killed
CALGARY – Investigators say a Canadian Pacific freight train was parked and began to move on its own before it derailed and killed three crew members on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says the westbound train had…
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Toronto airport runway setup poses serious crash risk, safety board finds
TORONTO – A poorly laid out runway complex and pilots distracted by required tasks have led to potentially catastrophic situations at Canada’s busiest airport, federal safety authorities said on Thursday. The finding comes from an investigation into 27 runway incursions…
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Military searching for missing plane with two people on board in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE – The military is searching for a plane missing in the Northwest Territories with two people on board. RCMP say contact was lost with the aircraft at 9 a.m. near Wha ti about 160 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife. Weather…
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Police looking for suspect after transit officer shot at Vancouver area station
SURREY, B.C. – The RCMP asked residents of a neighbourhood in Surrey, B.C., to lock their doors and turn on their outdoor lights Wednesday night as they searched for a suspect in the shooting of a transit officer. Assistant Commissioner…
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‘Murderous rage:’ Crown argues bus driver’s actions didn’t deserve being stabbed
WINNIPEG – A transit bus driver who was killed at the end of a late-night shift could have responded differently to a passenger refusing to get off the bus but that didn’t justify getting stabbed, the prosecution said Wednesday. Crown…
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Government report lists multiple trucking violations by Humboldt semi driver
MELFORT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan government report says the driver of a semi-truck should not have been on the road the day he flew through a stop sign and caused a crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. The…
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Truck didn’t stop at Saskatchewan intersection where Broncos crash happened
MELFORT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan court has heard that a semi-truck driver barrelled through an oversized stop sign with a flashing red light before the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. An agreed statement of facts says Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was…
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Metrolinx to ban recreational pot use for some workers, union to fight move
TORONTO – Regional transit agency Metrolinx plans to ban workers in so-called safety sensitive positions from using recreational cannabis on or off duty. The provincial agency that operates in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area says workers in approximately 140…
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Mother whose 11 year old son died in school bus accident calls for seatbelts
OTTAWA – Denna Weston was among the first on the scene of a school bus collision that killed her 11-year-old son in Alberta 19 years ago. It was a Friday in October. Jared, a Grade 6 student, was waiting for…
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Calgary paramedic struck by car while helping patient, driver charged
Calgary police have charged a man after a paramedic was struck by a vehicle while responding to an emergency call. The paramedic continued to help his patient and was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the paramedic was…
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Four of 14 students in bus crash taken to hospital in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
MISSION, B.C. – Emergency Health Services says four students were taken to hospital following a school bus crash in Mission, B.C. Spokeswoman Shannon Miller says emergency responders received a report of the crash at about 3:15 p.m. She says 14…
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Tracks cleared, investigation begins, at scene of Saskatchewan train derailment
SASKATOON – Crews have now cleared all damaged cars from the scene of a train derailment that has disrupted traffic on a busy highway just north of Saskatoon. Thirty of 52 cars in the Canadian National Railway freight carrying grain…
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CF 18 fighter pilot fined $2000 after pleading guilty to flying too low
COLD LAKE, Alta. – A fighter pilot has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty at a court martial to flying his CF-18 jet too low during a training mission in which his wingman died in a crash. Capt. Christopher Mileusnic…
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Entry level training standard en route for Canadian truckers within a year
MONTREAL – The country’s transportation ministers have agreed to develop an entry-level national training standard for semi-truck drivers. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said the minimum bar to get behind the wheel of a semi truck will ensure truckers have…
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Federal government faces scrutiny over bus safety standards after Ottawa crash
OTTAWA – The federal government faces questions today about its plan to increase safety on commercial buses following last week’s deadly crash in Ottawa that killed three people and injured nearly two dozen more. The fresh scrutiny comes after Transportation…
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Experts call for Transportation Safety Board to investigate Ottawa bus crash
Experts are calling on the federal transportation safety board to investigate a deadly bus crash in Ottawa to prevent similar incidents from occurring again. Ahmed Shalaby, a civil engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, said the Transportation Safety Board…
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TSB report cites fatigue in B.C. tug incident, says mate asleep while on watch
VICTORIA – A tugboat accident has the Transportation Safety Board repeating its calls for heightened awareness about the dangers of crew fatigue while at sea. There were no injuries or pollution spills when the lone mate on watch duty fell…
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No easy answers to questions swirling around fatal Ottawa bus crash: police chief
OTTAWA – The investigation into a deadly bus crash on a busy Ottawa route will not yield answers quickly, the city’s police chief said Saturday as he cautioned the public not to jump to conclusions about the events leading up…
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Wind, heat, weight all contributed to fatal B.C. plane crash say investigators
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says no single factor led to the crash of a small plane that killed the pilot and slightly injured three passengers during a sight-seeing flight last year just north of Vancouver. The unnamed pilot,…
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‘That’s all I needed to hear:’ Truck driver in Broncos crash pleads guilty
MELFORT, Sask. – Scott Thomas was sitting nearby in the courtroom Tuesday when a truck driver pleaded guilty to every charge against him in a highway crash that killed 16 people on a junior hockey bus and left 13 players…