Transportation

Sunwing still working to bring stranded passengers home from Mexico

TORONTO 鈥� Sunwing Vacations Inc. says it is sending out dozens of recovery flights this week to bring home passengers stranded in Mexico after winter storms disrupted its operations.

Dec 29, 2022 11:52 AM Read more >

Passersby were first to help Saturday night's bus crash victims before emergency crews arrived

One of the first people who arrived at the scene of Saturday night's fatal bus crash on the Okanagan Connector says a number of passersby helped injured bus passengers before emergency crews made it to the scene. Just after 6 p.m.

Dec 29, 2022 11:51 AM Read more >

'Culture of riding buses needs to change': Highway-bus passengers urged to wear seatbelts

Four killed, dozens injured in bus crash on icy Interior highway on Christmas Eve

Dec 29, 2022 11:51 AM Read more >

Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2026

OTTAWA 鈥� One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault proposed Wednesday.

Dec 28, 2022 3:34 PM Read more >

Passenger advocate urges stranded Sunwing passengers in Mexico to take legal action

As hundreds of Canadians scramble to get home after their Sunwing flights from Mexico were cancelled last week, a passengers' rights advocate says stranded travellers should consider legal action if they aren't compensated by the airline.

Dec 28, 2022 11:41 AM Read more >

YVR鈥檚 winter meltdown a failure in crisis leadership

Winter storms cancel flights and disrupt airport operations. Everyone knows that. Yet, when Metro Vancouver鈥檚 forecast delivered on its promise, the one entity required to trigger an adequate crisis response froze.

Dec 28, 2022 11:32 AM Read more >

Four killed in bus rollover on icy B.C. Interior highway, dozens injured

52 patients transported to hospitals after bus flipped on icy Highway 97C Okanagan Connector east of Merritt; four people have died

Dec 28, 2022 11:08 AM Read more >

B.C. bus crash probe to look at earlier incident too, amid questions over icy road

VANCOUVER 鈥� British Columbia's transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another involving the same operator days earlier.

Dec 28, 2022 11:07 AM Read more >

Ebus to resume service in B.C. today in wake of deadly holiday crash

Seven people are still patients, down from eight on Sunday.