Transportation

Icelandair will begin flying from Vancouver International Airport to more than 20 European destinations, the airline announced September 3.

The Vancouver Airport Authority and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have announced that they have reached a tentative deal, averting a strike that had been looming since the union issued 72-hour strike notice August 27.

The volume of cargo shipped through Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) was up in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year, the port announced August 27.

Graduates would be qualified to install charging stations

More flights, improved landing reliability increasing access to more regions of B.C.

A new four-lane, nine-kilometre section of Highway 97 in the Okanagan opened to traffic August 16.

The Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) announced a $250,000 grant August 15 to the Northern Rockies Regional Airport in Fort Nelson to help pay for a new parking plan.

Drivers looking to avoid the often-unavoidable Metro Vancouver traffic jam got some help from TransLink on August 14 when the transit authority revealed a new online map that tracks traffic levels in real time across the region.

Lockheed Martin officials at 2013 aerospace expo warn that contract dollars and jobs in jeopardy if Canada rethinks plane purchase