Transport Canada

• Multi-boat fire in False Creek renews questions about derelict vessel enforcement

  A multi-boat fire in Vancouver's False Creek on Thursday left one person with serious burns and destroyed two vessels, renewing concerns about how the waterway is being regulated.

  Canada

  Sep 8
  
• Canada playing wait-and-see as U.S. battles to recall 57M airbag inflators

  The issue is over airbag inflators from U.S.-based company ARC Automotive, which has resulted in seven incidents in the U.S. since 2009 and one death in Canada.

  Canada

  Sep 7
  
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• City of Surrey working to remove derelict boats from Nicomekl River

  The work to remove the derelict boats is scheduled to begin this September.

  Environment

  Sep 7
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• Flights resume, parks reopen, boat launches close as Kelowna heads back to normal amid wildfire

  There are 2,663 properties on evacuation order in West Kelowna, 655 in Lake Country, 1,114 in the Regional District of Central Okanagan and 50 in Westbank First Nation.

  Fire

  Aug 25
• Half of Ontario drivers say speeding a problem; OPP reveals a lot of it is aggressive behaviour

  Heading into the civic long weekend OPP are urging motorists to slow when approaching emergency vehicles, citing a CAA study revealing speeding is a 'big problem.'

  Traffic

  Aug 4
• Peterborough County supports Georgian Bay’s push for floating homes reform

  Peterborough County council is endorsing a campaign by Georgian Bay Township to ask the federal government to reclassify floating homes.

  Environment

  Aug 2
• More than 6 million unsafe vehicles likely on the roads in Canada despite recalls

  Transport Canada estimated in an analysis that one in five of the 33.3 million vehicles registered as of 2019 have outstanding recalls but continue to ply the streets and highways

  Canada

  Aug 2
• In aftermath of sinking, crew member’s widow says Transport Canada reform falls short

  Transport Canada says it will tighten inspections of fishing vessels in the aftermath of a 2020 sinking that resulted in six deaths off Nova Scotia's southwestern coast. 

  Canada

  Jul 7
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• Ten years after Megantic, experts say stricter rules, tougher enforcement needed

  A slew of investigations, court cases, reports and regulatory changes followed over the succeeding decade, but the volume of dangerous goods transported on the tracks rose too.

  Canada

  Jul 3
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• Lytton, B.C., sues CN, CP rail and Transport Canada over 2021 fire that razed village

  Lawyers allege Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways continued to operate in late June 2021, despite record-setting heat and an extreme wildfire danger.

  Fire

  Jun 22