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Transportation
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Construction site’s safety in question after pedestrian death
Sudbury woman, 58, run over by road grader
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Manitoba Trucking Association, SAFE Work launch safety initiative
New safety association for trucking industry created
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Pearson International Airport worker critically injured in vehicle accident
Teen worker thrown from baggage dolly in collision with fuel truck
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Pipelines safer than rail for transportation of crude, says Fraser Institute report
Think tank says rail transport 4.5 times more likely to have an accident
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“Project Castle” probe catches ring involved in multiple TTC robberies
Ten people across Greater Toronto Area charged with multiple offences
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Wheel defect led to 2014 derailment and fire: TSB report
Damage was missed in wheel’s ultrasonic testing in 1991, safety board says
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Minister proposes amendments to dangerous-goods regulations
Changes to improve reporting requirements and make data collection more complete
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Government announces new standard for rail cars carrying dangerous goods
New tank car improves safety with thicker steel, thermal protection, full head shields and enhanced bottom outlet valves
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Trouble Overhead
The tragic incident in which a flight crashed in the French Alps with 150 people on board on March 23 highlights critical safety oversights in the airline industry. It is believed that the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, Andreas Lubitz,…
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Conductor dies on the job at Saskatchewan rail yard
Transportation Safety Board investigating fatality of CN employee
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TTC requests police help to investigate subway assault
Video shows transit enforcement officers throwing punches
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TSB: Flight AC624 struck antenna array before crash
Halifax flight skids on runway; damages wing, sends 23 people to hospital
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City of St. John’s meeting with taxi-industry reps to reduce violence
Discussions follow string of assaults against taxi drivers
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Bill to help protect transit operators comes into force
Changes to Criminal Code could mean tougher sentences for those who assault transit workers
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TSB raises concerns over Lac-Mégantic response
Safety board sounds alarm on lack of oversight at Transport Canada
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Projects to help workers survive helicopter ditching
Announcement comes six years after deadly Newfoundland helicopter flight
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Diesel exhaust can alter DNA: study
UBC researchers put volunteers into polycarbonate-enclosed booth containing exhaust fumes
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Express Route to Safety
A bill proposing to amend the Criminal Code of Canada to take violence against transit operators into consideration may result in stiffer penalties against those who assault bus and taxi drivers.
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Railway industry targets emergency response plans
(Canadian OH&S News) — The railway industry in Canada continues to tackle emergency response assistance plans (ERAPs) in the aftermath of the Lac-Mégantic train derailment last year in Quebec. Andy Ash, director of dangerous goods with the Ottawa-based Railway Association…
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Bill takes aim at assaults on transit operators
(Canadian OH&S News) — A bill proposing to amend Canada’s Criminal Code to take violence against bus drivers and taxi drivers into consideration has reached its third reading in the Senate, which officially reopened on Sept. 15. Introduced on May…