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Roundabout, special U-turn among options proposed for site of Manitoba highway crash that killed 17
Rework intersection near Carberry where busload of seniors was hit by semi, report says Manitoba is overhauling a highway intersection where more than a dozen seniors on a bus trip to a casino were killed in a crash in June, in response to safety concerns identified after the deadly collision. The province will do that through one of three options — a roundabout, a wider median or a setup that forces drivers to make a U-turn instead of turning left — identified in a new report released Monday on the safety of the intersectionRead more
How the tiny western chorus frog could stop Doug Ford’s Highway 413
Ontario has launched court challenge over federal government’s plan to conduct environmental assessment The western chorus frog is about as small as your thumb, but it could prove to be a large obstacle to Premier Doug Ford’s plans for building Highway 413. The chorus frog – so named because of the sound males make during mating season – is listed as threatened on Canada’s official registry of species at risk. Consultants working for Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation have identified the frog along the 59-kilometre preferred route of the proposed Highway 413, across the northwestern fringes ofRead more