Transportation

LH North Ltd. has been awarded a $3.2-million contract to replace the Swamp River Bridge on Highway 11, west of Shebandowan Road junction. Work begins this spring. The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines said this will create 32 jobs.

The rural municipality of Greenstone is building a regional skills training centre to prepare a future labour force for the Ring of Fire mineral deposits. Queen’s Park and Ottawa are each investing $1.

Harvey Friesen, a business icon for Northern Ontario, and the former president of Bearskin Airlines, died Sunday in Palm Springs, California. He was 65 years old.

A Northern Ontario MP is questioning Canadian National Railway’s (CN) decision and timing to cancel passenger service in northeastern Ontario this spring. North America`s largest rail carrier quietly notified the mayors of Hearst and Sault Ste.

Sault Ste. Marie MP Bryan Hayes is calling on Canadian National Railway (CN) to reverse or delay its decision to cancel passenger service between the Sault and Hearst .

Canadian National Railway (CN) is cutting passenger service between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. The rail carrier blames Ottawa for cutting a subsidy needed to keep the service operating. The service will no longer operate after March 30.

Calgary-based WestJet announced Jan. 20 it will launch its Encore service of Q400 flights between Toronto and Thunder Bay , and Thunder Bay and Winnipeg this summer.

Manitoulin Transport , which is headquartered in Gore Bay on Manitoulin Island, has opened a new terminal in Saskatchewan to enable greater shipping capacity. Located on an 8.

Almost a half-million dollars from Ottawa landed at the Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport, Jan. 15. FedNor funding of $496,650 will be used to extend airport road, water, sewer, hydro and fire suppression services.

While the battle over the mode and route of a fixed transportation link to Northern Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire drags on, a novel means of transporting construction material and equipment into the remote, waterlogged James Bay lowlands is bei