What's the toughest border crossing in Canada?

Not all Canada-U.S. border checkpoints are created equal. Some are expansive ports of entry, designed to process tens of thousands of crossings each day. Those are located on major autoroutes, often between major cities. Others are smaller, more out of the way. Those crossings...

Parents vent as kids left waiting for buses in extreme cold

Ottawa parents whose kids were left out in the extreme cold waiting for late buses Monday morning took to social media to vent their anger at the local school transportation authority. Monday morning's wind chill made it feel around –40 in eastern Ontario, and there...

The verdict's still out on battery-electric buses

In the last decade, electric vehicles have become mainstream. Having captured a small but growing share of the passenger-car market, and an enormous amount of media buzz thanks to Tesla, the EV industry is now setting its sights on the bus market. Several companies that...