E-scooters

• Charges laid in St. Albert electric dirt bike crash as e-mobility hospitalizations spike

  'These are dangerous, high-speed, off-highway vehicles that need to be ridden out in the back 40 and not in the cities,' RCMP said of electric dirt bikes on municipal streets.

  Traffic

  Aug 28
  
• E-scooter hospitalizations up by 40% in past year: CIHI

  There were 837 hospitalizations for e-scooter injuries between April 2025 and March 2026, an increase from 601 in the same period the previous year, according to new data.

  Canada

  Aug 26
  
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• Petition started to end e-scooter pilot program in Kamloops after teen’s death

  Kamloops RCMP said they were called to the intersection of Battle Street and Lee Road around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, for reports of an incident involving an e-scooter.

  Canada

  Aug 25
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• ‘Put on the damn helmet’: Vancouver comedian urges safety following e-scooter collision

  Jessica Pigeau was riding north on Alder Street between West 11th and West 12th Aves on July 19, when she said the driver of a southbound SUV suddenly turned left in front of her.

  Canada

  Aug 24
• 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.

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  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
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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