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Here are the most recent news stories posted for Moving In Canada:
State of emergency, travel ban, in southeastern Manitoba due to fire (Posted:05/14/2012)
MB:
The RM of Piney declared a state of emergency Sunday, giving it the power to close roads in the wake of two days of wildfires that consumed 30 square kilometres of forest over the weekend in the Sandilands Provincial Park.
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Clarenville mayor calls for overpass (Posted:05/13/2012)
NL: Clarenville Mayor Fred Best has renewed his calls for a new highway overpass following a fatal car accident near town on Thursday.
A woman died after the car she was riding in collided with a transport truck at the west entrance to Clarenville, where the highway intersects with Manitoba Drive
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On this day in 1870, Canada acquires Rupert's Land from Hudson's Bay Company(Posted:05/11/2012)
Canada: The lands draining into the Hudson's Bay, which incoprorate portons of Quewbec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchwan, Alberta, and today's Nunavut were acquired by Canada, just after Confederation for 300,000 pimds ($1.5 million). The land that covered 3.9 million square kilometres (1.5 million sq mi), is over one-third of Canada's area today. It was acquired following the Red River Rebellion.
Victoria Region's top traffic bottlenecks, as identified by BC Transit.(Posted:05/08/2012)
BC: The Greater Victoria Transit Commission agreed on Tuesday to look at ways to prevent buses from getting stuck in traffic on Douglas Street, the Trans-Canada Highway, the Island Highway, McKenzie Avenue and the Pat Bay Highway.
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Manitoba CAA Announces province's worst roads(Posted:05/04/2012)
MB: 7 of 10 in Winnipeg, plus various sections of the Trans-Canada highway #TCH
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Deadly interchange closing(Posted:05/04/2012)
AB: The family of a boy who lost his life in a car crash outside Calgary is praising the province for its plans to shut-down the intersection where the fatal collision occurred. The location is at Paradise Rd in Chestermere just east of Calgary.
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'Fines double in construction zones' signs not true(Posted:05/04/2012)
BC: With all of the work going on along the Trans-Canada highway through the Lower Mainland, you’ve probably noticed signs warning you to slow down or risk paying double for traffic tickets.
Currently, a regular speeding ticket will cost you $138. In a construction zone, the fine jumps to $196 – a 42 per cent increase. If the fines were actually doubled as the signs say, the fine would be $276.
In Alberta, however, the fines ARE DOUBLE.
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No escaping hobo cop: New tactic aims to catch drivers using cellphones on the road(Posted:05/03/2012)
Canada: A scruffy looking man — hoodie up, clutching a tattered sign scrawled on a scrap of cardboard — shuffled up to a car at a busy intersection in this city west of Toronto. Drivers instinctively looked away.
But this sign’s wording was different from the usual begging appeal: “My name is Constable Mike Cairns. If you are reading this sign you are about to get a cell phone ticket.”
Witness the latest police tactic in the crackdown on distracted drivers.
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Roads good for now, but... (Posted:05/03/2012)
BC: Avalanche season ends, but officials warn conditions remain unstable in backcountry
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Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) releases list of worst roads in Maritimes(Posted:05/03/2012)
NL,NS,NB,PE: What is impact on Newfoundland road maintenance priorities?
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