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Photo : cleanfotos ( Shutterstock ) Like almost every consumer good, the used car market has been bonkers over the last few years. While used vehicle prices are still up significantly, both prices and demand appear to be dropping slightly , and if you’re considering purchasing a used car, you may want to know how to weigh current mileage against the asking price and value. A whole host of variables influence how long a high-mileage car will run well, including the car’s make, model, and year, its current condition, and its maintenance and drive history. Here’s what to consider when buying a used car. How many miles will a car last? According to J.D. Power , cars made in recent years—with modern powertrains and advanced technology—are capable of reaching 200,000 miles or more if they are well-maintained. If you’re buying a used vehicle with 100,000 miles on it, and you drive the typical 10,000–12,000 miles per year , that means you could get another eight to 10 years of life out of...

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission, in Ottawa, on Nov. 23. PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press Transport Minister Omar Alghabra met with members of the air transport sector to discuss measures to modernize and digitize the industry and to learn from the mistakes that led to major travel disruptions this summer. Alghabra, alongside minister Randy Boissonnault and parliamentary secretary Annie Koutrakis, led a national summit on the recovery of the air sector Thursday to discuss improvements to Canada’s air transportation, including transparency, accountability and passenger rights. Alghabra says that after the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, last summer the air industry faced a new crisis of congestion and delays. He says government officials and air transport actors discussed plans to improve ahead of the winter travel surge including modernizing the security screening process and digitizing the sharing of information. Over th...

The Montreal-based rail company says Edmond Harris will succeed Rob Reilly effective immediately. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press Canadian National Railway Co. CNR-T says Edmond Harris will be its new executive vice-president and chief operating officer. The Montreal-based rail company says Harris will succeed Rob Reilly effective immediately. CN president and CEO Tracy Robinson said in a statement that Harris will provide leadership and experience as CN moves into the next phase of its operating plan, and help provide mentorship for the next generation of leaders. The company says Harris has worked in the industry for 40 years, holding leadership positions at CN as well as at Canadian Pacific Railway, CSX and Illinois Central. CN says Reilly joined CN in 2019 and led the company through the pandemic and supply chain challenges. The company did not provide any details around the reason for Reilly’s departure. https://www.tausiinsider.com/cn-names-new-executive-vice-president-a...

Despite recent claims of vehicles having full automation, it is no more possible to buy a truly self-driving car now than it was 15 years ago. Will private cars that never need a driver ever reach the market? Technology | Analysis 7 December 2022 ...

Photo : Miro Vrlik Photography ( Shutterstock ) Vehicles catching on fire seems to be trending this year, with F ord and Ram Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) being recalled in November, and Kia SUVs in October. Now, Subaru is joining the group with their most recent SUV recall. Subaru of America, Inc. has announced a safety recall for certain Subaru Ascent SUVs for the potential of a fire risk stemming from a production issue—and the company is telling nearly 272,000 owners to park their Subaru Ascents outside due to the risk. The recall was made official after two separate reports of an SUV catching fire were made to the company. There have been no reports of injuries due to the incidents. What is the Subaru Ascent recall? According to the official recall statement from Subaru , there was a bolt that may have been improperly fastened during production. The bolt secures the ground terminal of the Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heater, which when improperly secured, has ...

Photo : Ken Wolter ( Shutterstock ) Whether your seasonal affective disorder has kicked in, or you’re feeling the pressure of the holiday season , chances are you could use some comfort food. And if you’ve already gone over your yearly budget, it would be even better if that food was available at a discount, or perhaps even for free. Fortunately, the folks at Wendy’s understand that, and the fast food chain is offering the following deals to see you through the rest of 2022. Here’s what to know. How to get a free Frosty every day next year We’ve previously written about Wendy’s Frosty Tags , and now they’re available for purchase once again . As a recap, they cost $2, and will get you one free Jr. Frosty with any purchase. Though you’re limited to one free Frosty per visit, you can use the tag every day in 2023. How to get free chili Many of these deals—including this one—are only redeemable via the Wendy’s app, so if you haven’t already downloaded it, and want to take advantage ...

Photo : Virrage Images ( Shutterstock ) Sometimes you need to get a car from one part of the country to another, and driving it yourself isn’t an option. In situations like that, it often makes the most sense to ship your car. As you can imagine, like any other type of shipping or moving services, transporting a vehicle can be costly. That said, here’s what to know about the cheapest way to ship a car. Why would you ship a car? Before jumping into the cost, let’s talk about why you might want to ship a car or other vehicle (a service also known as “auto transport”) in the first place. According to CarTalk’s John Goreham , there are three main reasons why people opt for auto transport over driving cars to their destination themselves: Moving a long distance and bringing vehicles along. Buying a car far from home and getting it to you. Accessing a car while in a seasonal second home. How much does it cost to ship a car? The cost of shipping a car tends to be between $550 and $2,060,...

An ambulance on emergency call drives past an ambulance workers' strike, outside the NHS London Ambulance Service, in London, on Dec. 21, 2022. HENRY NICHOLLS/Reuters Britain will face more strikes by workers demanding higher pay after meetings between ministers and trade unions on Monday failed to end a wave of stoppages across sectors from health care to transport. More than 10,000 ambulance workers will walk out on Wednesday as planned, the GMB union said in a statement, after talks with health minister Steve Barclay failed to produce a breakthrough. “There was some engagement on pay – but not a concrete offer that could help resolve this dispute and make significant progress,” GMB national secretary Rachel Harrison said. With pay rises failing to keep up with double-digit inflation, which is now around 40-year highs, nurses, ambulance staff and rail workers are among those who have staged walkouts, with teachers also being balloted over action. Teaching unions, who will annou...

Photo : Natalya Chumak ( Shutterstock ) I grew up in upstate New York without a garage, so I consider myself fairly skilled in the art of car de-icing—or so I thought. Ice storms have become more common in Portland since I moved here over a decade ago, and with each storm I get less confident in my ability to liberate my windshield. As it turns out, I wasn’t just out of practice; I was also using my ice scraper wrong. Score the ice before scraping it If you’ve ever tried to scrape a thick layer of hard ice off your windshield, you know that the hardest part is getting under it; until you can get a corner of the scraper blade in between your window and the ice, it’s not going anywhere. This is exactly why most ice scrapers have ridges on one side of the blade. You’re supposed to use them to “score” the surface of the ice. It’s almost like perforating a piece of paper you want to tear cleanly; scoring the surface breaks up the tension, which makes it significantly easier to scra...

Photo : trambler58 ( Shutterstock ) Like everything else in the modern age, car headlights have enjoyed a steady advance in terms of technology and function. Back in the earliest days of cars, headlights used to be called head lamps because that’s what they were—gas-fueled flames inside a glass enclosure. Eventually, car makers migrated to electric headlights, and these have progressed from relatively weak “sealed-beam” lights to today’s LEDs—which are great for lighting up the night in front of your car, but also terrible because they are so bright they can effectively blind oncoming traffic. Combined that with the SUVs and pickup trucks that now sit so high up you need a ladder to get in and out of them, and you have a plague o f super-bright, blinding headlights upon our roads. The problem is exacerbated by drivers who don’t seem to understand the rules around high beams . Progress is going to save us again, because “ smart” headlights are going to hit the market soon t...

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP-T and Unifor have reached a tentative collective agreement for 1,200 workers who are responsible for maintaining rail cars and locomotives. The company and the union say details of the tentative contract will not be released publicly until the agreement has been ratified. Unifor says it will provide members with information in the coming days on ratification meetings, which will be held at multiple locations across the country. The contract covers workers at 18 locations from British Columbia to Quebec. The union says negotiations with the railway had been ongoing since September. The previous collective agreement expired on Dec. 31. https://www.tausiinsider.com/canadian-pacific-railway-and-unifor-reach-tentative-deal-for-1200-workers/?feed_id=324560&_unique_id=63eea8dcb8c39

A freight train has derailed in southwestern Saskatchewan. The Transportation Safety Board says 47 cars holding 95 containers left the tracks late Sunday near the village of Chaplin. A spokesman with Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP-T says none of the cars were carrying dangerous goods. There were no injuries reported. Investigators from the safety board are on their way to the site and Canadian Pacific has dispatched crews and equipment to it. Chaplin is located about 150 kilometres west of Regina. https://www.tausiinsider.com/forty-seven-train-cars-derail-in-southwestern-saskatchewan/?feed_id=324094&_unique_id=63ea42d64ba63

Many planes have autopilots, but they can only be used in certain circumstances. Now Airbus is testing one that can choose the nearest safe airport, land a plane and even taxi to the terminal if pilots are incapacitated Technology 17 January 2023 ...

Travellers wait in line at a Sunwing Airlines check-in desk at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Sunwing airlines has reduced its flight schedules from three airports in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press Sunwing airlines has reduced its flight schedules from three airports in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Tiffany Chase with the Halifax International Airport Authority confirmed Sunday that Sunwing cancelled its plans to launch once-weekly flights in February from Halifax to Orlando, Fla., and to Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba. She says a twice-weekly flight to Varadero, Cuba, set to begin in February will be reduced to once a week. Courtney Burns, president of the Greater Moncton International Airport Authority, says the airline has cancelled one of two weekly flights from Moncton to Varadero, which were planned to run from mid-February until mid-May. Burns said the airline will rebook those affected on an...

Canadian National Railway Co. says it earned $1.42 billion in the three months ended Dec. 31, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Canadian National Railway Co. CNR-T says it earned $1.42 billion in the three months ended Dec. 31, 2022, up from $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. Montreal-based CN says its fourth quarter earnings worked out to $2.10 per share, a 23 per cent increase year over year. The railway company reported fourth quarter revenues of $4.54 billion, an increase of $789 million or 21 per cent. Its operating ratio, defined as operating expenses as a percentage of revenues and a key metric of railroad efficiency, remained flat on an adjusted basis at 57.9 per cent. The railroad says the increase in revenue was mainly due to higher fuel surcharge revenue as a result of higher fuel prices, the positive translation impact of a weaker Canadian dollar, freight rate increases and higher volumes of Canadian grain. For the full year 2022, CN reported net income of ...

Photo : Miro Vrlik Photography ( Shutterstock ) Vehicles catching on fire seems to be trending this year, with F ord and Ram Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) being recalled in November, and Kia SUVs in October. Now, Subaru is joining the group with their most recent SUV recall. Subaru of America, Inc. has announced a safety recall for certain Subaru Ascent SUVs for the potential of a fire risk stemming from a production issue—and the company is telling nearly 272,000 owners to park their Subaru Ascents outside due to the risk. The recall was made official after two separate reports of an SUV catching fire were made to the company. There have been no reports of injuries due to the incidents. What is the Subaru Ascent recall? According to the official recall statement from Subaru , there was a bolt that may have been improperly fastened during production. The bolt secures the ground terminal of the Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heater, which when improperly secured, has ...

Photo : Ken Wolter ( Shutterstock ) Whether your seasonal affective disorder has kicked in, or you’re feeling the pressure of the holiday season , chances are you could use some comfort food. And if you’ve already gone over your yearly budget, it would be even better if that food was available at a discount, or perhaps even for free. Fortunately, the folks at Wendy’s understand that, and the fast food chain is offering the following deals to see you through the rest of 2022. Here’s what to know. How to get a free Frosty every day next year We’ve previously written about Wendy’s Frosty Tags , and now they’re available for purchase once again . As a recap, they cost $2, and will get you one free Jr. Frosty with any purchase. Though you’re limited to one free Frosty per visit, you can use the tag every day in 2023. How to get free chili Many of these deals—including this one—are only redeemable via the Wendy’s app, so if you haven’t already downloaded it, and want to take advantage ...