Transportation

Add Sault Ste. Marie to Porter Airlines’ ever-expanding list of destinations. Robert Deluce, president and CEO of the Toronto-based regional air carrier is making good on his 2006 commitment to return to his Northern Ontario roots.

Keep an eye on VIA Rail’s line for the newly-refurbished Budd baggage car, expected to arrive sometime in May 2011.

After years of research and preparation, John Godfrey is potentially a few months away from operating a community-owned air service in Northern Ontario.

Shovels will be in the ground at the Greater Sudbury Airport this summer as part of a new infrastructure expansion project designed to attract more companies and more jobs.

North Bay is promoting its airport as a “gateway to opportunity.

A high retirement rate has Canada’s railways stepping up their search to restock their workforce.

There was plenty of political backslapping this fall surrounding a federal-provincial commitment to invest $33 million in the Huron Central Railway.

Believe it or not, the recession has been kind to the Port of Thunder Bay. In the last three years, the historic grain and coal port has garnered an international reputation for handling a diverse mix of project cargoes headed for Western Canada.

A national charity has recognized Bearskin Airlines for its flights of mercy. Hope Air has presented its first-ever Outstanding Philanthropist Award to Bearskin Airlines of Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout for coming to the aid of Canadians in need.

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Rail America Inc. have struck a new operating agreement to keep a smaller portion of a threatened short-line railroad in northeastern Ontario open for the long haul. The two carriers announced Oct.