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News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The Transportation Safety Board, Transport Canada, WorkSafe B.C. and B.C. Coroner are all investigating yesterday's helicopter crash in Cranbrook that killed four people. And B.C. Hydro has announced ...
a sibilant intake of breath (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Dynasty is a Canadian company that builds light, low speed, battery powered cars. Their Dynasty IT vehicle has a range of 50km and a top speed of 40 km/h. Because Transport Canada refused to follow the lead of 44 American states and authorize the vehicles for non-highway use on roads, the company has decided to [...]
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The federal government is investing millions of dollars to help limit the emission of greenhouse gases during freight movement Ottawa,ONT,CAN - Today's Trucking -7 May 2008: -- ... Eight projects will receive $2.4 million in funding under Transport Canada's Freight Technology Demonstration Fund , and a further 15 projects will receive $3.7 million under the Freight Technology Incentives...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Transport Canada is failing to track whether sufficient safety checks and audits are being conducted on the country's major airlines, according to Auditor-General Sheila Fraser's report.The department also failed to measure public risk or develop a warning system that could alert it to imminent air disasters as it moved to a new air-safety system, according to the report tabled yesterday....
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Officials probing the alleged dumping of up to 30 tonnes of bilge waste off Newfoundland say they have yet to find evidence of a spill in the area.Transport Canada spokeswoman Maryse Durette said investigators are reviewing aerial surveillance footage and satellite images from April 25, when the incident is alleged to have occurred, but no trace of a slick has been seen.
Aerospace Online News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
AirInSpace announced recently that its partner, Montreal-based Air Data Inc. (ADI), has been certified by the airworthiness branch of Transport Canada to manufacture and market ADI's JetAir Bio-Protection System (BPS), business jet version
Vive le Canada (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Transport Canada works closely with railway companies and communities across the country to identify grade crossings that require safety improvements. This year, Transport Canada will provide more than $7.1 million in funding for 82 improvement projects at railway crossings across Canada. Under the department's Grade Crossing Improvement Program, eligible railway...
Aerospace Online News (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
AirInSpace, a leading supplier of mobile devices that "catch and kill" harmful and resistant biological particles from the air, announced recently that its partner, Montreal-based Air Data Inc. (ADI), has been certified by the airworthiness branch of Transport Canada to manufacture and market ADI's JetAir Bio-Protection System (BPS), business jet version
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety , Canada Transport Canada has been planning on implementing a change which would lower Canadian bumper safety standards from the current 8 km/h standard to 4 km/h. This halving of the standard would bring the Canadian testing in line with the regulations of both Europe and the U.S. Apparently, Transport Canada believes that vehicles would...
http://www.driive.com/feed (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety , Canada Transport Canada has been planning on implementing a change which would lower Canadian bumper safety standards from the current 8 km/h standard to 4 km/h. This halving of the standard would bring the Canadian testing in line with the regulations of both Europe and the U.S. Apparently, Transport Canada believes that...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
I can understand the rookies and the no-chancers. But, Stockwell Day, talking head Jay Hill, Foreign Affairs non-entity Maxime Bernier, cocktail Josee Verner, Quebec general Lawrence Cannon (I called that one), David Anderson'?? Sure looks like they really need money in BC and Quebec doesn't it. I'm gonna bet, in Ontario, those on the list finished third in their ridings. British ColumbiaBurnaby-Douglas,...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Who are these 67 ridings involveld in this in and out scheme? Just who can they be. Wouldn't it be ironic if Quebec generals Jean-Pierre Blackburn or Lawrence Cannon were participants? Both have made a killing in fortunes for their party off the Liberal Adscam, Adscam, Adscam cry they continue to bombard us with.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
AirInSpace, a leading supplier of mobile devices that "catch and kill" harmful and resistant biological particles from the air, announced that its partner, Montreal-based Air Data Inc. (ADI), has been certified by the airworthiness branch of Transport Canada to manufacture and market ADI's JetAir® Bio-Protection System (BPS), business jet version.
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
The Federal government is dismissing concerns about an intense green light that's been seen shooting into the sky from UBC recently. Transport Canada tells the Vancouver Sun the light is from a laser ...
Canadian Armed Forces Blogger (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
OTTAWA - Ottawa's medical officer of health is leaving his job to join the federal government as director of civil aviation medicine with Transport Canada. Dr. David Salisbury, a former jet pilot with the Canadian Armed Forces, is leaving the city after four years as the physician in charge of public health. Dr. Salisbury, who is 53, said his new job will involve setting and maintaining...
