Transportation

Janitors have been on strike since Dec. 20 and yesterday threatened to escalate their job action with multiple pickets at the airport

TORONTO — Proposed changes to Canada's passenger rights charter will perpetuate loopholes that allow airlines to forego compensating travellers whose flights are disrupted, say airline experts.

Janitorial workers started picketing at an authorized demonstration area on Dec. 20

VANCOUVER — A derailment has sent rail cars carrying grain plunging into the Fraser River, and CN Rail says it's working to restore the tracks near Boston Bar, B.C.

OTTAWA — The union representing some 3,000 railworkers says it has reached a new deal with Canadian National Railway Co.

Air Canada follows WestJet's lead by removing carry-on bags in its lowest fare class.

The new Canada Line station cost about $52 million to build.

WHITE ROCK, B.C. — A landslide that blocked railway tracks has stopped Amtrak passenger service between Vancouver and Seattle. Amtrak says in a statement Thursday that the landslide near White Rock, B.C.

Vancouver Airport Authority has yet to say what it will do to ensure a clean airport if the strike goes ahead

As electric bicycles explode in popularity in Metro Vancouver, other still illegal devices are getting faster, a new study has found.