July 5, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Samantha Craggs appeared on the Belleville Intelligencer website on July 3.) Canadian National says it is examining its legal options after a local aboriginal protest prompted it to halt traffic last week. The company is “reviewing our legal...
July 3, 2007 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(CanWest News Service circulated the following on July 1.) OTTAWA — The first CN train rolled through the once-barricaded track near Deseronto, Ont. at around 6:15 Saturday morning. It was one of an estimated 25 trains held up Friday in the Toronto-Montreal corridor...
July 3, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Terri Theodore on July 3.) VANCOUVER — Almost two years after a caustic soda spill nearly sterilized the Cheakamus River in southern B.C., there’s little confidence from the community that a similar disaster...
July 2, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on June 30.) TORONTO — Organizers of Friday’s aboriginal blockades got the economic disruptions they wanted as transport trucks were slowed in traffic, $100 million in cargo went undelivered and 5,000 Via Rail...
June 28, 2007 | CN, CP, Headlines
(The following report appeared at Canada.com on June 28.) OTTAWA — UBS is bullish on both Canadian National Railway CO. (CNR/TSX) and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP/TSX). The firm’s analysts rate CP Rail a “buy” and raised their price target to $85 from $81....
June 26, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on June 26.) ST. ALBERT — Canadian National Railway has been fined $4,000 after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from a major forest fire in northern Alberta. CN entered the plea yesterday in Alberta provincial...
June 26, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Unnati Gandhi appeared on the Globe and Mail website on June 26.) TORONTO — A crucial highway and rail line that moves tens of thousands of people daily around Central Canada will be subject to a crippling blockade on Friday, a spokesman for...
June 25, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 21.) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co. on Thursday said it will acquire a total of 65 new fuel-efficient, high-horsepower locomotives in an effort to cut fuel costs. Canadian National said it ordered 40...
June 15, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(CN issued the following on June 13.) EDMONTON, Alberta — E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer of CN, received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta at spring convocation today. David G. A. McLean, chairman of the board...
June 14, 2007 | CN, Headlines
(The following story by Mackenzie Ryan appeared on the St. Cloud Times website on June 13.) ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A federal court recently upheld a state law that slows trains’ speeds from 60 mph to 30 mph through the northern Minnesota city of Orr — and that...
