E-scooters

• Burnaby RCMP steps up e-scooter enforcement to curb accidents, injuries

  This follows an incident on May 2, when an 11-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl were riding e-scooters and collided with a vehicle on Hastings Street near Delta Avenue.

  Traffic

  Aug 17
  
• Edmonton city council considering rule changes for e-scooters, e-bikes

  The City of Edmonton is considering permanent changes to where e-scooters and e-bikes can go and park, along with how fast they can travel.

  Traffic

  Aug 11
  
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• Nova Scotia to ban children under 14 from riding e-bikes and e-scooters

  Public Works Minister Fred Tilley said Thursday that the age restriction is part of a slate of changes that will be made to the province’s Traffic Safety Act this fall.

  Politics

  Aug 6
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• E-scooters driving ‘huge’ number of child injuries, doctors say: ‘Not toys’

  Between 2024 and 2025, 1,071 Canadians were hospitalized due to scooter-related injuries, according to Canadian Institute for Health Information data.

  Health

  Jul 28
• Family of woman who died in e-scooter accident pleads for riders to wear helmets

  Shyan was riding a scooter on July 3 in the area of Venables Street and Commercial Drive at 10 a.m. when she collided with the side of a vehicle.

  Canada

  Jul 20
• 1 woman’s death, another’s serious injury prompts e-scooter warning from Vancouver police

  This warning from the Vancouver Police Department comes after a woman died and another woman was seriously injured in separate incidents over the weekend.

  Crime

  Jul 14
• Lime to take over some e-scooter operations in Canada from Neuron amid acquisition

  The orange-coloured e-scooters seen on the streets of 12 Canadian cities could soon be replaced by Lime-coloured ones after Lime acquired operations of its rival Neuron Mobility.

  Consumer

  Jul 6
• 12-year-old’s guardian ticketed after child riding e-scooter hits car

  The 12-year-old was reportedly riding their e-scooter on Colwood Drive on June 10 and struck a black VW Jetta that was coming out of a driveway, police said.

  Crime

  Jun 11
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• Alberta looking at allowing politicians to expense e-scooter, bike rides

  MLAs and caucus staff can be reimbursed for work-related taxi rides, car rentals and some airfare, and a committee is exploring adding electric scooter and bike rides to the list.

  Politics

  Jun 10
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• B.C. boy badly injured by child riding e-scooter on school grounds

  Safety advocates say injuries involving e-scooters — which you have to be 16 to ride in B.C. — are becoming more frequent, serious and sometimes fatal.

  Canada

  May 29