The Town of Whitecourt has received $3M in federal funding to improve its transit services. Over the next three years the town will add or upgrade bus stops, shelters, traffic signals, and other transit infrastructure, as well as purchasing a new transit bus.
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Transportation and warehousing
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Added on 2025-03-10
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Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River Region, AB
- dailyheraldtribune.com
The Government of Canada is providing $3.4M to six Alberta communities for improvements to rural transit services. These include the purchase of new vehicles as well as the construction of bus stops and other transit infrastructure.
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Transportation and warehousing
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Added on 2025-02-14
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Alberta
- canada.ca
The Government of Canada, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium and the City of Medicine Hat have announced combined funding of over $198K to develop a zero-emissions transition plan for public buses in the city. The funds will also go towards identifying risks and barriers for electrification.
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Transportation and warehousing
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Added on 2024-08-26
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Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region, AB
- canada.ca
The Government of Alberta is allowing qualified Ukrainian evacuees to take accelerated training to obtain their Alberta Class 1 driver’s licence in an effort to help alleviate the ongoing shortage of truck drivers across the province.
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Transportation and warehousing
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Added on 2024-08-15
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Alberta
- alberta.ca
Peaskie Minerals Inc., an Alberta-based aggregate supplier, has acquired the assets of a local trucking company and has created MC Peaskie Transportation Services division. The trucking fleet will handle a portion of local deliveries of non-energy products, raw materials hauling and transportation of energy products to transload facilities.
The City of Edmonton and the federal government are jointly providing $1.29M to develop a strategy towards the transition to a full fleet of zero emission public transit buses.
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Transportation and warehousing
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Added on 2024-07-10
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Edmonton Region, AB
- masstransitmag.com