November 2, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, November 1, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than a year ahead of the United States, the Canadian government has removed tank cars from the transportation of crude oil that have leaked and caught fire in rail accidents. Canada’s Transport...
November 1, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, October 31, 2016) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board released their Watchlist today. The Watchlist identifies key safety issues aimed at improving safety in Canada’s transportation system. The ten-item...
November 1, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters, October 31, 2016) MONTREAL — Too many Canadian train crews, particularly on freight lines, are not getting sufficient rest and railroads need to do more to apply fatigue science to scheduling, the country’s transport safety watchdog said on...
October 24, 2016 | Canada, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2016) MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc said on Friday it would cut 7,500 jobs, mostly in its train-making division, in a second round of layoffs announced this year, following extended delays and budget overruns in its aerospace business. Full...
October 13, 2016 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, October 12, 2016) MONTREAL — Canada is spending more than $55 million over three years to improve railway safety across the country. Transport Minister Marc Garneau says the money will be used for projects on federal rail property, along rail lines...
September 28, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Windsor Star, September 27, 2016) WINDSOR — Windsor is poised to end its dispute with Canada’s railway companies over the issue of hazardous goods rolling through the city. Full story: Windsor Star
September 28, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 27, 2016) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian crude oil exports by rail dropped 36 per cent in July versus the same month a year earlier, according to regulatory data released on Tuesday, adding to a persistent trend of weak rail volumes in Canada....
September 21, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, September 19, 2016) MONTREAL — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada wants voice and video recorders installed on all trains across the country, and it’s calling on Ottawa to make them mandatory by law. Full story: CBC...
September 8, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: National Observer opinion column by Bruce Campbell, September 6, 2016) OTTAWA — At the end of July, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced Canada would accelerate the phase-out of the class of rail tank cars that exploded in Lac-Mégantic in July 2013,...
September 7, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, September 6, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — It’s a moment people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., have been waiting for since 2013: the fences have been removed around the downtown area where 47 people were killed in a train accident. The structures were...
