Transportation

Pioneer Construction landed three provincial highway paving contracts in northwestern Ontario worth $22.6 million. The Sudbury-based road contractor has an $8.1-million contract to pave 29 kilometres of Highway 17, west of Marathon; a $7.

Aviation and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin selected Skyline Helicopter Technologies of Sudbury as a customer support centre for its Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. The agreement was made public in Sudbury, April 15.

Interpaving, one of the most prominent companies when it comes to road repair and construction in Greater Sudbury, has been barred from bidding on city contracts for five years.

Gin-Cor Industries of Mattawa has added J.C. Trailers Design & Fabrication of Keswick to the fold. The northeastern Ontario heavy truck upgrader expects this latest acquisition to benefit employees, customers, suppliers and dealers.

Thunder Bay’s North Star Air announced April 12 that it has connected with Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope). The new services will connect Thunder Bay, Fort Hope, Neskantaga and Webequie.

Canadian truck drivers can start throwing away their pens and pencils over the next few months. Traditional paper logs used to track hours will be phased out in favour of electronic logging devices (ELDs).

Thirty six of 58 Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) cars were removed from the scene of a derailment near North Bay, March 5.

U.S. company Lockheed Martin is reporting it’s received its first letter of intent from Straightline Aviation to purchase up to 12 of its Hybrid Airships with a potential value of $480 million.

If you live in a small northwestern Ontario community without a vehicle and without bus service, you could be out of luck in getting to a scheduled medical appointment, or an upcoming court date, on time.

Canadian National Railway (CN) is being called out by federal investigators for poor track maintenance that resulted in the derailment of a freight train in northwestern Ontario in May 2014.