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Canada regulator declines to suspend CN programs

(Reuters circulated the following in October 19.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba —The Canadian Transportation Agency dismissed a request on Friday from the Canadian Wheat Board and small grain shippers for an interim order to suspend Canadian National Railway’s advance car...

Forestry firms blast CN service

(The following story by Paul Marck appeared on The Edmonton Journal website on October 18.) EDMONTON — Bad rail service has left Alberta’s forestry sector with angry customers demanding discounts for late delivery and mills scrambling for ways to ship their...

CN opens new rail terminal

(The following story by Mark Nielsen appeared on the Prince George Citizen website on October 16.) PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A bit more than two weeks before the first ship is scheduled to arrive at the Fairview container terminal in Prince Rupert, CN Rail opened its...

Halifax port must get on ball quickly, CN exec warns

(The following report by Tom Peters appeared on the Chronicle-Herald website on October 14.) HALIFAX, N.S. — There is a sense of urgency to get the Port of Halifax moving or face losing business to the competition, says a senior rail executive. Peter Ladouceur,...

Earnings estimates cut for CP and CN Rail

(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on October 11.) OTTAWA — A poor Canadian harvest, a deteriorating economic outlook in the U.S., higher than expected fuel costs and a strong Canadian dollar are expected to erode the earnings...

CN Rail draws fire for rash of derailments

(The following story by Monte Stewart appeared on the Business Edge website on October 5.) OTTAWA — Environmentalists and corporate-responsibility advocates are calling for CN Rail to change its business practices in the wake of several major train derailments since...

U.S. housing woes may spur recession, CN CFO says

(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Frederic Tomesco and Hugo Miller on October 4.) OTTAWA — North America may slip into a recession in 2008 as the U.S. housing slump spills into railroads and other industries, Canadian National Railway Co.’s...

CN’s Harrison talks of expanding Memphis hub

(The following story by Jane Roberts appeared on the Commercial Appeal website on October 4.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — E. Hunter Harrison, the former Memphian who runs Canadian National Railway, doesn’t know this, but when the Economic Club of Memphis expects a...

Mediation fails in grain complains against CN

(Reuters circulated the following on September 28.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba, — Mediation has failed to resolve complaints about rail car allocation that a group of grain shippers have leveled against Canadian National Railway, the Canadian Wheat Board said on Friday. The...

Gary, Ind., eyes EJ&E sale

(The following story by Danielle Braff appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on September 28.) GARY, Ind. — New ownership of a railway that travels through Gary could mean new jobs and tax money for residents in and around the Gary area. The Canadian National...