E-bikes

• Charges laid in St. Albert electric dirt bike crash as e-mobility hospitalizations spike

  'These are dangerous, high-speed, off-highway vehicles that need to be ridden out in the back 40 and not in the cities,' RCMP said of electric dirt bikes on municipal streets.

  Traffic

  Aug 28
  
• E-scooter hospitalizations up by 40% in past year: CIHI

  There were 837 hospitalizations for e-scooter injuries between April 2025 and March 2026, an increase from 601 in the same period the previous year, according to new data.

  Canada

  Aug 26
  
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• As e-bike popularity grows in Kingston, police issue reminders on safety, legality

  Concerns about safety prompted Kingston Police to release a reminder this week about what types of e-bikes are legal on public roads.

  Environment

  Aug 25
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• Nova Scotia to ban children under 14 from riding e-bikes and e-scooters

  Public Works Minister Fred Tilley said Thursday that the age restriction is part of a slate of changes that will be made to the province’s Traffic Safety Act this fall.

  Politics

  Aug 6
• E-dirt bikes seized, tickets issued after teens caught racing on Coquitlam street

  RCMP said that on June 22, they received a complaint of teens racing e-bikes on the road and when officers responded, they said they found a group of them in a parking lot.

  Crime

  Jun 29
• Halifax sees return of shared e-bikes, e-scooters after winter pause

  The municipality said use of the vehicles had been paused because during the winter snow is plowed onto the surfaces that are used for parking the e-scooters and e-bikes. 

  Canada

  Mar 17
• Surge in e-bike adoption brings higher speeds, concerns to Metro Vancouver bike lanes

  As Metro Vancouverites flock to adopt e-bikes and other devices, speeds are climbing on local bike paths, raising new concerns.

  Traffic

  Dec 17, 2024
• Powering an e-bike using disposable vapes is about more than engineering

  "It's an unbelievable source of e-waste and I'm really glad that I have been able to harvest all these and build some really interesting battery packs," says Chris Doel

  Environment

  Nov 23, 2024
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• Ontario senior saves up for e-bike to get to work — and someone stole it

  A 72-year-old woman from Kingston, Ont., says she saved up for months to buy an e-bike for herself as a birthday present — only to have it stolen.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2024
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• Winnipeg builder offer increased mobility with homemade e-trikes

  On a Monday afternoon, Jared Funk and Cain Hashimoto zip around the Forks on their e-tricycles. Along winding gravel paths, up grassy hills, down cement stairs; there are few places the friends can’t go. “We do all the trails around here, all around Winnipeg, the Trans-Canada Trail,” said Funk. “Haven’t done mountains yet — but...

  Lifestyle

  Jun 13, 2024