Transportation

Toyota Canada has recognized Manitoulin Transport with its 2014 Parts Carrier of the Year Award.

After years of political promises, the Polar Bear Express passenger coaches are finally in the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) shops for some major upgrades. The Crown agency announced Nov.

Transport Canada is implementing new rules that will make it easier for operators to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for work.

North Star Air presented its first revenue sharing payments to two northwestern Ontario First Nation communities as part of a business partnership agreement struck last summer. The Thunder Bay-based air carrier held a Nov.

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) will transition into a new chapter of operation without president-CEO Paul Goulet.

A highway link, vital to the movement of wood supply on Superior’s North Shore, has been repaired and reopened to traffic under new management.

Sault Ste. Marie has received more than $4 million in funding to go toward the expansion of its harbour. FedNor and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) have each pitched in $2.12 million for a total of $4.

The Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport came away a big winner at the Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations’ annual conference in early September.

Manitoulin Transport has acquired the less-than-truckload (LTL) and freight divisions of Westcan Freight Systems .

The working group that secured a one-year reprieve for Algoma Central Railway’s Hearst-to-Sault Ste. Marie passenger line is now seeking interest from third-party firms to operate the service. A request for expressions of interest was issued Sept.