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A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing territory on British Columbia's central coast.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has sighted another dead endangered right whale drifting off the Gaspé Peninsula, bringing the total number of deaths in Canadian waters this year to six.

Transport Canada has implemented a speed restriction for vessels in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence following yet another death of the endangered North Atlantic right whale on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

Federal officials are pushing the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to back Via Rail's high-frequency rail project, according to documents tabled in the House of Commons.

The federal Liberals have laid out their proposal for rules around voice and data recorders on locomotives, specifying when companies can use the devices to address safety concerns and how workers' privacy will be protected.

Canada's transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains.

Nearly half of all North Atlantic right whales in the world were spotted in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence this year during surveillance that officials say will inform future protection measures.

The Trudeau government committed to at least 30 per cent new EV sales by 2030, and promised a nationwide strategy for zero-emission vehicles this year, but has yet to produce one.

Heiltsuk leadership say the federal government put its reconciliation process “on thin ice” by failing to adequately consult Indigenous communities and collaborate with them in developing its Oceans Protection Plan (OPP). They voiced concern after the government announced on Thursday the winner of an open competition for a $67 million three-year contract.

Alternative methods of transportation aren’t in the cards for Cori Lofstrom, a grandmother of 10 who just learned about Greyhound's plans to cancel most services in Western Canada. Her car just broke down, and with B.C. gas prices being the highest in Canada, she doesn’t believe that she’ll be driving anywhere anytime soon.

As the federal government doubles down on support for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project, Transport Minister Marc Garneau is strengthening the oceans protection plan that aims to keep British Columbia's waters free of oil spills.

The federal Transport Department is refusing to explain why it rejected a marine safety concern flagged by the B.C. government in 2016 that was related to the Trans Mountain pipeline and oil tanker expansion project.

The United Nations group which regulates the international shipping industry is being asked to cut emissions from the cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels that crisscross the world's oceans as they threaten to become the single-largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gases.

Transport Canada has announced funding to help coastal communities clear out abandoned boats and vessels that pose both as an eyesore and safety concern.

Parents of young children and a national Muslim group are welcoming a federal budget commitment to address fairness and privacy concerns with Canada's no-fly list.