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January 29
-
Pinkie Road
is a proposed 4 lane
twinned
highway connector road linking two National Highway System routes (
Saskatchewan Highway 1
(the
Trans Canada Highway
) and
Highway 11
) as a part of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI).
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1
]
-2008-
July 28
-
Tim McLean
was stabbed and
beheaded
while riding a
Greyhound Canada
bus about 18 miles (29 km) west of
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
traveling the
Trans Canada Highway
.
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2
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September 26
– Part of an approach ramp to the
Can Tho Bridge
in
Vietnam
collapses
, killing dozens of
construction workers
.
November 1
– Replacement of
New Brunswick
's
Trans-Canada Highway
segment (
Route 2
) and the short
Route 95
connection to
Interstate 95
with four-lane
freeways
is to be completed.
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3
]
This will extend the continuous North American freeway system east to near
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
.
^
"Saskatchewan's Global Transportation Hub"
.
About Highways/Transportation Hub/
. Government of Saskatchewan
. Retrieved
2009-02-09
.
^
Police don't know what prompted vicious bus attack
,
CTV.ca
, July 31, 2008. Accessed August 6, 2008.
^
New Brunswick Department of Transportation
,
The Four Lane Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick