Transportation

The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry announced July 6 that five major highway constructions projects throughout Northern Ontario.

Bombardier Transportation has signed a $21-million contract to build seven bi-level commuter cars for Vancouver's West Coast Express at the company's Thunder Bay plant.

Fatigue kills, take a break. Kenora Mayor Len Compton has viewed those highway signs that greet motorists entering northwestern Ontario from Manitoba.

William Brehl, president of the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference, Maintenance of Way Employees Division, said the demise of the Huron Central Railway (HCRY) could signal a domino effect for other rail operations that serve the North.

Canadian Pacific Railway would consider abandoning a 305-km long track between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury if an answer can't be found to replace a short line railway that is discontinuing service this summer.

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has chosen Bombardier and Thunder Bay to supply 204 new streetcars in a spending program worth more than $1.29 billion. Bombardier beat out Germany's Siemens in the two-company bidding race.

In northern Ontario’s forests, getting the logs to the mill can sometimes be a one-man show. We talked with one of the province’s long-term self-loading truckers who has been at it for over three decades.

Bombardier Thunder Bay could benefit from building new GO Transit coaches if the federal government comes to the table with infrastructure funding.

A sagging northeastern Ontario short-line railway operation with deteriorating infrastructure hopes to tap into government stimulus funds to stay on track.

A new gold standard of business travel has landed in Thunder Bay. Porter Airlines selected the Lakehead city as its first foray into Northern Ontario, beginning with direct flights between Thunder Bay International Airport and Toronto Island airport.