Transportation

Wisk Air Helicopters has added a lighter, faster and more durable utility bird to its fleet. The Thunder Bay aviation company showcased its new Bell 412 helicopter to the local media on April 24.

The International Bridge, which joins Sault Ste. Marie with its counterpart U.S. city, will get an underwater inspection next week.

Finding ways to carve the costs of air freighting fresh food to remote First Nation communities is the focus of a feasibility study underway between three northwestern Ontario communities.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report into the fatal 2013 crash of a Bearskin Airlines flight near the Red Lake airport.

With a federal election looming this fall, Sault Ste. Marie is charging full-steam ahead in chasing money from Ottawa for its commercial harbour project.

One of three First Nations along Highway 69, north of Parry Sound, hopes to begin discussions with the province on the four-laning of the highway along their territory by late April or early May.

A second fiery CN derailment and spillage of oil near Gogama in less than a month has Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy calling out Canada’s reliance on fossil fuel and its aging infrastructure.

The four-laning of Highway 69 might not be completed until as late as 2021, four years behind the original schedule for the project, said Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca.

Community leaders from across northeastern Ontario brought their issues and concerns to the attention of the provincial cabinet ministers and bureaucrats at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association/Ontario Good Roads Association combined confer

The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission is closing its Englehart and Matheson bus stations in May, and reducing operating hours in three others.