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In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously stopped, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $30 billion fund representing the largest public transit investment in Canadian history. Advocates say it misses the mark almost entirely.

Bus and SeaBus services in Metro Vancouver are set to resume this morning after the end of a 48-hour strike by supervisors that ground Coast Mountain Bus Company routes to a standstill.

Today is day two of a 48-hour strike launched by more than 180 unionized transit supervisors after contract talks with the Coast Mountain Bus Company broke down over the weekend. 

For the past few weeks, buses in Canada's third-largest city have greeted passengers with massive advertisements pushing misleading information about the climate impacts of the country's natural gas industry. 

Miles of new bike lanes and light rail lines just weren't enough.

Vancouver has some of Canada's worst traffic — and with 600,000 more vehicles expected on the road by 2040, it's only going to get worse. Now, the city is considering a controversial solution: mobility pricing.

It’s time for TransLink and Metro Vancouver to connect city residents to nature through public transit, writes Charlotte Liu.

New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote told Canada's National Observer that there appeared to be a “clear intent” from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a portion of the new federal funding commitment would go toward municipal needs like transit.

The prime minister’s comments follow a push by mayors across the country for emergency federal funding to make up for billions of dollars in lost revenue from things like transit and parking, as people stay home and avoid public places to slow the spread of the virus.

Blockades set up by anti-pipeline protesters have forced Canadian National Railway Co. to shut down its entire network in Eastern Canada and Via Rail to cancel passenger service across the country.

The province has been found guilty of chronically underfunding public transit and failing to meet its own transit investment targets while its emissions goals are up in the air.

Getting around Stanley Park since the pandemic struck is a new experience for Tom Green.