Latest Canadian statistics on slips and falls on ice
February 28, 2019 Adina Bresge - THE CANADIAN PRESSAll it took was one foul step, and Ahsher Zeldin was in for at least a week of pain. Last Thursday, Zeldin was taking his two dogs out for an early morning stroll in north Toronto when a patch of…
Alberta extends deadline for farm workers to get mandatory truck driver training
February 27, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON – The Alberta government is extending a deadline for farm workers to get new mandatory truck driver training. A coalition of the province’s agriculture producers had expressed concerns about the March 1 deadline. The group said a lot of…
Why the large variance within Toronto of auto rates
February 26, 2019 by Greg MeckbachIf your client lives in an area where most people do not use their car to get to work, he or she could save money on auto insurance. Kanetix released Tuesday its annual InsuraMap, which the Toronto-based online auto insurance…
How railway is dealing with Manitoba oil spill
February 22, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSLAZARE, Man. – CN is still tallying up the amount of oil spilled in a train derailment on a ranch in western Manitoba. “We are still determining volume estimates at this time,” company spokesman Jonathan Abecassis said in an email…
How this province is handling autonomous vehicle testing
February 21, 2019 by Greg MeckbachThe Ontario government wants to expand testing of autonomous vehicles in the province. “Our government is taking active steps to open the door for expanded testing related to connected and autonomous vehicles in Ontario,” Michael Parsa, parliamentary assistant to the…
Fines struck for B.C. brokers who issued false receipts to insurers in toll bridge fiasco
February 19, 2019 by David GambrillEDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been corrected to show that FICOM’s position before the Financial Services Tribunal was that the financial penalties were deemed to be insufficient to deter brokers from misrepresenting facts. A previous version incorrectly stated that FICOM’s…
New risk management measure mandatory for all Canadian railways
February 12, 2019 Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – Canada’s transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains. Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the order…
Freight train involved in fatal derailment started on its own: TSB
February 6, 2019 Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain cars and two locomotives hurling off the…
Dozens of freight cars derail in fatal train accident
February 5, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSFIELD, B.C. – A Canadian Pacific freight train fell more than 60 metres from a bridge near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary in a derailment that killed three crew members, a union representative said Monday. The westbound freight jumped the tracks…
Transportation Safety Board involved in probe of crane collapsing on ship
February 1, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board is deploying a team of investigators to the Port of Vancouver following the collapse of a large crane onto a loaded container vessel. A statement from the safety board says the ship, the Ever…
This major airport setup poses serious crash risk: TSB
January 31, 2019 Colin Perkel - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO _ 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…
The ‘tough decision’ Alberta made to reduce flood risk
January 30, 2019 Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – The Alberta government has now acquired one fifth of the land it needs for a controversial reservoir west of Calgary that would help protect the city from another massive flood. Transportation Minister Brian Mason said Tuesday the province…