July 20, 2007 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The following column by Andrew Willis appeared on the Globe and Mail website on July 20.) TORONTO — Wondering why Canadian National Railway shares are flying when it’s Canadian Pacific Railway that’s the takeover target? Investors aren’t confused...
July 19, 2007 | CN, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Tess Kalinowski appeared on the Globe and Mail website on July 19.) TORONTO — Frustrated by the number of late trains it says are beyond its control, GO Transit is taking its complaints about switching problems and signal failures up the...
July 16, 2007 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The following report by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on July 16.) OTTAWA — National Bank Financial analyst David Newman upped his target prices for Canada’s largest railways Thursday ahead of their second quarter results later this month....
July 12, 2007 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Reuters Canada circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on July 11.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Human error, poor supervision and use of long trains led to a Canadian National Railway Co. derailment that poisoned a river near Vancouver in 2005, federal investigators said...
July 11, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Simpson appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on July 11.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — The recovery of the Cheakamus River may be more rapid and vigorous than anyone imagined when a catastrophic chemical spill wiped out fish in the Squamish-area...
July 11, 2007 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(The Canadian press circulated the following by Alison Auld on July 11.) HALIFAX, N.S. — Several Canadian aboriginal leaders called Tuesday for a repeat of the national day of action, saying the event that snarled traffic and disrupted rail service helped elevate...
July 11, 2007 | CN, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jane Roberts appeared on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on July 11.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The on- and off-again look at building a second railroad track to Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park lurched to a slow roll Tuesday when a City Council...
July 9, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by Roberta Rampton on July 6.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canadian National Railway Co. must change the way it allocates rail cars to give better service to small grain shippers, the Canadian Transportation Agency said on Friday. The...
July 9, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Kelly Sinoski appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on July 8.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — A CN train engineer was taken to hospital to be treated for gas inhalation after a freight train caught fire on the tracks Saturday night. Surrey fire battalian...
July 5, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on July 5.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co. could make up to $200-million in proceeds after Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany’s state-owned railway, announced its intentions last week to buy...
