Transportation

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.

With a temporary service agreement set to expire at month's end, Ottawa finally came to the table with much-needed money to upgrade a railroad between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.

Bearskin Airlines, one of Northern Ontario's transportation icons, has signed a letter of intent to sell its operations and assets to the Manitoba-based Exchange Income Corporation (EIC) in a $32.5-million deal.

The managers of the Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport could be the poster boys for how small Canadian airports can survive and thrive.

Most of Winnipeg’s major roads are a tangle of construction this summer.

A University of Windsor engineer is applying his automotive expertise to make one aspect of underground mining safer.