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  • 1 week ago | cbc.ca | Guy Quenneville

    Ottawa·NewThe coroner's inquest into the fatal 2019 OC Transpo bus crash is hearing about changes the transit agency has made to its training of new recruits since the Westboro collision. Minimum training hours for each bus type introduced after crashThe OC Transpo bus crash that left three people dead in 2019 isn't mentioned during the transit agency's training of new drivers, a witness told the ongoing coroner's inquest into that tragedy.

  • 1 week ago | cbc.ca | Guy Quenneville

    Stream the inquest live here. Four times a year, OC Transpo bus drivers go to a hall and plot out their lives for the coming season in discrete blocks of time. Across several boards — one for weekdays, one for Saturday, one for Sunday, one for days off, one for vacation time and still another for statutory holidays — they select shifts, broken down into smaller "runs," spanning two-week intervals that repeat over the course of the quarter.

  • 2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Guy Quenneville

    Ottawa·NewThe coroner's inquest into the OC Transpo bus crash that left three people dead is turning its focus to what changes were made, or not, in the years between that tragedy and today. Engineer questioned at inquest about not recommending canopy removal Stream the inquest live here.

  • 2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Guy Quenneville

    Ottawa·NewThe rigidity of the station canopy, and the height at which the bus struck it, were key factors in the Westboro bus crash's devastation, a coroner's inquest heard. Warning: This story contains disturbing detailsGuy Quenneville · CBC News · Posted: Apr 08, 2025 1:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes agoThe coroner's inquest into the January 2019 Westboro bus crash heard Tuesday from an expert on the ability of vehicles to protect occupants.

  • 2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Guy Quenneville

    Ottawa·NewA "construction deficiency" that occurred months before the fatal Westboro bus crash is resurfacing at the coroner's inquest into the January 2019 tragedy.

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