Transportation

Ontario declares an emergency over truck blockades in Canada
Canadian authorities are turning up the legal and public pressure on protesters to lift their blockades in Ottawa, Ontario, and at the U.S. border, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warning: “This unlawful activity has to end and it will end.”
Blizzard conditions force highway closures in NW Minnesota
Several major highways in west-central and northwestern Minnesota were closed Friday morning as north winds gusting to near 50 mph created blizzard conditions.
Minnesota Senate panel wants audit of Southwest light rail project
A Minnesota Senate committee advanced legislation Thursday to require the legislative auditor to take a close look at the troubled Southwest Corridor line.
Delta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fly list
Any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be added to the national “no fly” list, Delta Air Lines has told the U.S. Department of Justice.
Across frozen rural Minnesota highway, the beets went on
A truck full of sugar beets spilled part of its load on Wednesday night, leaving Highway 12 west of Murdock scattered with thousands of “basically just rocks,” according to a warning posted on Facebook by the Swift County Sheriff’s Office.