September 17, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, September 16, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it’s likely his government will allow oil producers to exceed their provincially imposed output caps if they can ship those extra barrels by rail. Full story: Financial...
September 16, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, September 13, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Canadian National (NYSE: CNI) and Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP), as well as the Canadian government, are investing millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements to support anticipated volume growth at...
September 5, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, September 5, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The 2019-20 crop year is well underway in Canada, and grain shippers are watching how Canadian National and Canadian Pacific will manage service levels during another year of potentially high grain...
August 23, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: The Western Producer, August 22, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — Canada’s two major rail companies have taken heat over the last few years for failure to provide consistent movement of agricultural products. However, now it looks like genuine change is underway. The...
August 23, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 19, 2019) A preclearance agreement to expedite the flow of travel and trade between Canada and the United States is now in force, Canadian and U.S. government officials announced last week. Full story: Progressive...
August 14, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, August 13, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Federal agency Transport Canada and Minister of Transport Marc Garneau have made a string of rail-related infrastructure funding announcements in recent weeks. These announcements come as politicians gear...
July 29, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: The Load Star, July 24, 2019) LONDON — There were mixed fortunes for North American railroads in the first half, those north of the US border faring better in a hostile market than their southern neighbors. Full story: The Load Star
July 8, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Ottawa Citizen opinion column by Bruce Campbell, July 4, 2019) OTTAWA — Six years ago, on July 6, 2013, at 1:14 a.m., a runaway train loaded with volatile oil derailed in the center of the small Québec town of Lac-Mégantic, its disgorged contents erupting in...
July 8, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 7, 2019) LAC-MEGANTIC — The sixth anniversary of the rail disaster in Lac-Megantic, Que., will be marked this weekend with events aimed at remembering those who were lost and recognizing how the community has grown since the tragedy....
June 28, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Must Read Alaska, June 27, 2019) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Railroad Corporation and the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation signed a master agreement of cooperation to build a 1,500-mile connection between the Alaska Railroad and Canadian...
