All trains on Ottawa’s Confederation Line LRT have been stopped and all stations have been closed because of a bearing issue that was discovered during a routine inspection.Transit services general manager Renée Amilcar said in a message to the mayor and city council that the decision was made in the interest of safety.”This email is to notify you that, in an abundance of caution, Transit Services is immediately launching R1 service across Line 1, after a routine inspection revealed an issue with a bearing,” Amilcar wrote.”More information will be provided soon.” The Aug.8, 2021 derailment at Tunney’s Pasture Station was due to an ” undetected catastrophic roller bearing failure ” in the axle bearing assembly, the Transportation Safety Board has said.It’s unclear if this issue is similar.
Last July, OC Transpo pulled all O-Train vehicles that had travelled more than 175,000 kilometres out of service for additional inspections after a failure was discovered in one of the wheel hub assemblies on a train, an issue that appeared to be different than the one that caused the Aug.8 derailment.Train service was halted just before 5 p.m.R1 buses are replacing LRT service across the entire line from Tunney’s Pasture Station to Blair Station.
Barrhaven East Coun.Wilson Lo, a former OC Transpo employee, said on Twitter that OC Transpo is likely trying to find buses to support R1 service.This is a developing story.More details to come.Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says while the federal government is ‘not there yet’ when it comes to launching some form of public inquiry into foreign interference, ‘constructive and collaborative’ conversations are continuing — with more scheduled in the days ahead.
Nike has permanently ended its sponsorship of Hockey Canada, after the company temporarily paused its support for the hockey organization following backlash over its handling of allegations of sexual assaults and funding for settlements of these claims.A national shortage of a crucial medication used to perform tests on the heart is leaving patients on longer wait lists, one expert says.The Quebec Coroner’s office has identified the man who was killed after he was ejected from a gondola at Mont Tremblant on Sunday as Sheldon Johnson, 50, from Kingston, Ontario.
And earlier on Monday, Quebec provincial police confirmed the type of construction equipment involved in the crash that killed Johnson and seriously injured a woman, also in her 50s, was a drilling machine belonging to a third party.A tin box with a secret compartment led a Goodwill employee to discover a hidden treasure.
James Cameron is not working on a project tied to the OceanGate submersible tragedy.Warm weather has accelerated the breakup of sea ice in Hudson Bay this year, part of a growing trend of summer sea ice coverage shrinking every decade.At a time when skeptics are questioning Canada’s plan to ramp up immigration, a new report argues the country needs to welcome a lot more newcomers to counter-balance its aging demographic.Two more tourists have been caught apparently defacing the Colosseum in Rome, following a similar incident in June.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down Monday for an interview with CTV Atlantic’s Todd Battis.The one-on-one covered a range of topics, including carbon pricing, the future of the RCMP and the relationship between the federal government and Atlantic premiers.The Prime Minister paddled along with Mi’kmaw chiefs and athletes across Lake Banook in Dartmouth, N.S., Monday morning — as the North American Indigenous Games got underway.A former RCMP officer who testified last week that he was ordered to stop investigating an alleged sexual assault in Halifax is having his account questioned today during cross-examination.A handful of grocers in Toronto have stopped selling alcohol due to rising levels of theft and razor-thin margins.A vigil is set to be held tonight for a woman who was killed by a stray bullet in Toronto’s east end more than a week ago.The Quebec Coroner’s office has identified the man who was killed after he was ejected from a gondola at Mont Tremblant on Sunday as Sheldon Johnson, 50, from Kingston, Ontario.And earlier on Monday, Quebec provincial police confirmed the type of construction equipment involved in the crash that killed Johnson and seriously injured a woman, also in her 50s, was a drilling machine belonging to a third party.
The Quebec Coroner’s office has identified the man who was killed after he was ejected from a gondola at Mont Tremblant on Sunday as Sheldon Johnson, 50, from Kingston, Ontario.And earlier on Monday, Quebec provincial police confirmed the type of construction equipment involved in the crash that killed Johnson and seriously injured a woman, also in her 50s, was a drilling machine belonging to a third party.The process to get a rape kit in Montreal is being questioned after a sexual assault victim was brought to three different hospitals before receiving the service.The 2020 incident has also triggered an investigation by Quebec’s language watchdog, the OQLF, as the victim was initially redirected because she speaks French.Five Cree communities are currently at various stages of evacuations as the forest fires continue across northern Quebec.The North Bay Police Service is searching for Marc Gauthier, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant and was last seen fleeing the area of Fisher Street in the direction of North Bay’s downtown core.More than 300 tenants at two Toronto apartment buildings have stopped paying their rent.A recent fight between tenants in an apartment building in northern Ontario stretched over two days and led to multiple arrests for the accused in the case.
On Monday, jurors heard testimony from Jamie-Lee Ford-Jones, Jesse Bleck’s ex-girlfriend.Bleck is accused of hitting Tristan Roby with a car while he was cycling along Exeter Road on the night of July 21, 2019.It might only be mid-July, but it’s never too early to start planning your next tropical winter getaway.Beginning this November, Air Transat will offer two tropical destinations for sun seekers out of London International Airport.
Billions of dollars are being spent by the provincial government to bring reliable high speed internet to Ontarians with limited or no online access.Some of that work is taking place in southern Huron County — but it is wasted dollars, according to one local internet provider.A panel of forensic experts brought together by Manitoba’s Indigenous leaders say a search of a landfill near Winnipeg for the remains of two Indigenous women can be done safely.Five people remain in hospital more than a month after a fiery bus crash in Manitoba that killed 17 others.
A luxury cruise ship has made a stop in the town of Churchill.Waterloo regional police say six males have been arrested after two Waterloo Region businesses were robbed Monday morning, including a pharmacy in Ayr.
A crash involving a Grand River Transit (GRT) bus and an SUV led to a traffic tie up in Uptown Waterloo Monday afternoon.The Chairman of the Zion Philipsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church is trying to figure out how to replace outdoor power equipment that was stolen over the weekend.This year’s attendance numbers for the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth have been released, making the event the second largest Calgary Stampede in history.Environment Canada says it is tracking a thunderstorm that is producing a tornado south of Calgary.A cardiac surgeon at the Foothills Medical Centre performed a procedure on a patient that typically would have required the patient’s chest to be opened up, using only a small incision while the patient’s heart continued beating.Saskatoon police arrested four people on Friday after a traffic stop went sideways.
Saskatoon firefighters had to call in SaskPower to put out a fire south of the Willows Golf Course on Monday morning.Saskatchewan RCMP tracked down a 34-year-old man wanted in connection to a string of criminal offences in May.A collision on Edmonton’s northside has prompted city police to ask drivers to steer away from the site of it.The person who disappeared in the North Saskatchewan River southwest of Edmonton on Sunday is a 20-year-old man from Beaumont, RCMP said on Monday.
A truck owner chased down the man who stole it before confronting and disarming him over the weekend, Alberta Mounties revealed Monday along with photos of the suspect.BC Ferries cancelled two sailings between Metro Vancouver and Victoria Monday and warned further departures may be in peril due to a mechanical issue.A B.C.man who pleaded guilty to watching his 16-year-old stepdaughter in the shower has been given a conditional sentence – meaning he will serve no jail time and have no criminal record if he follows the terms of his probation.Eighty-six people in B.C.
died by accidental drowning last year, according to new data released by the coroner’s service that sheds light on trends in the province over the past 10 years.Lawyer and University of Saskatchewan (USask) lecturer Hilary Peterson explains why the Youth Criminal Justice Act is used in cases where the accused is charged long after they become a legal adult.It was a busy weekend for RCMP at this year’s Country Thunder musical festival but not as busy as years prior according to police.Maple Creek, Sask.’s Jared Parsonage is bringing home a bronze statue and a $50,000 cheque after being crowned the 2023 Calgary Stampede champion for bull riding this past week..
