Westboro Beach reopens after renovations
The Westboro Beach has reopened to the public following extensive renovations.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/westboro-beach-reopens-after-renovations-1.7549433?cmp=rss

Leftover road markings may have led driver astray in Westboro bus crash, expert says
"I think it's clear they have the potential to mislead," Ian Knight testified Thursday at an ongoing coroner's inquest into the tragic 2019 bus collision.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-westboro-crash-road-markings-1.7512788?cmp=rss

Driver shortage at play in letting Diallo back on road after prior crash, inquest hears
A dire driver shortage at OC Transpo in early 2019 played a hand in why the bus operator in the fatal Westboro crash was allowed back behind the wheel after being involved in another serious collision only one month before, an ongoing coroner's inques...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-westboro-crash-driver-shortages-1.7511534?cmp=rss

Cameras on drivers, split shifts examined at Westboro bus crash inquest
The coroner's inquest into the fatal OC Transpo bus crash of 2019 is exploring a broad swath of ideas for making transit safer.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cameras-on-drivers-split-shifts-examined-at-westboro-bus-crash-inquest-1.7510509?cmp=rss

City defends retraining of driver before Westboro crash
After she crashed an articulated bus and injured five passengers in a preventable collision, Aissatou Diallo received only one day of refresher training before being cleared to return to work.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-city-defends-driver-westboro-crash-1.7509893?cmp=rss

How driver training changed after the fatal Westboro bus crash
The 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.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-driver-training-westboro-crash-1.7507818?cmp=rss

Collision impact expert describes what made Westboro bus crash so brutal
The 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.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-westboro-crash-crashworthiness-1.7504661?cmp=rss

Contractor didn't properly erase road markings raised in Westboro crash trial, inquest told
A "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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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-westboro-crash-road-markings-1.7504103?cmp=rss

How OC Transpo tightened driver recruitment after Westboro crash
In December 2019 — 11 months after the fatal Westboro bus crash — OC Transpo started using more steps to make sure "only the right candidates" went on to get driver training, an inquest into the crash hears.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/how-oc-transpo-tightened-driver-recruitment-after-westboro-crash-1.7503567?cmp=rss

Westboro bus crash driver has not responded to summons, inquest hears
Aissatou Diallo, the driver of the Ottawa double-decker in the collision that left three passengers dead in 2019, has not responded to a summons to testify at an ongoing inquest into the tragedy.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-westboro-bus-crash-2019-inquest-1.7501939?cmp=rss