January 12, 2010 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Joana Draghici appeared on the Toronto Star website on January 11, 2010.) TORONTO — A 42-year-old Hamilton man is dead after being pinned between two rail cars at a Ford Motor Company plant in Oakville on Monday. Police said the accident...
January 5, 2010 | CN, Headlines
(CN issued the following on January 4, 2010.) MONTREAL — CN will issue its fourth-quarter and year-end 2009 financial and operating results on Jan. 26, 2010, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time (ET). CN’s senior officers will review the results and the...
January 4, 2010 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 2, 2010.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Canadian National Railway has agreed to pay $25,000 for environmental testing of soil and water after a train carrying ethanol derailed in Rockford last summer. Canadian National will...
January 4, 2010 | CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following on December 31, 2009.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada ruled on Thursday that Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) earned too much money from hauling grain in the 2008-09 crop year and ordered it to pay more than C$700,000 ($667,000). The...
December 22, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Alberta Farmer website on December 22, 2009.) A vice-chairman of the Alberta Labour Relations Board has been tasked with settling a new contract between Canadian National Railway (CN) and 1,700 of its engineers. Edmonton lawyer Andy...
December 22, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(The following appeared at AnnArbor.com on December 21, 2009.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After the Senate passed a $636-billion defense bill Saturday, the Detroit Free Press tallied all the Michigan-specific items in all the spending bills. One highlight for the Washtenaw...
December 16, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(CN and Metrolinx issued the following on December 15, 2009.) TORONTO — Metrolinx today purchased from CN the lower portion of the Newmarket Subdivision in central-north Toronto for C$68 million. The transaction gives Metrolinx end-to-end ownership of the 60-mile-long...
December 14, 2009 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following on December 13, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) and the union representing 1,700 locomotive engineers will submit unresolved wage and benefits issues to binding arbitration after talks failed to yield a deal,...
December 11, 2009 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following on December 10, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) and the locomotive engineers’ union said on Thursday they remain in talks with federal mediators and will negotiate beyond today’s self-imposed deadline...
December 10, 2009 | CN, Headlines
(CN issued the following on December 9, 2009.) CHICAGO — CN announced today it has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with the Village of Plainfield, Ill., located 35 miles southwest of Chicago, addressing the municipality’s environmental issues with CN’s...