September 16, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Business Week posted the following article on its website on September 15.) CHICAGO — As Hurricane Katrina was hurtling towards New Orleans on the last weekend of August, E. Hunter Harrison was overseeing Canadian National Railway’s emergency preparations...
September 2, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on September 2.) VANCOUVER — A spokesman for Canadian National Railway defended the company yesterday after the seventh derailment in one month, saying the company has the best accident record, compared with...
August 31, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following editorial was posted on the Toronto Star website on August 31.) TORONTO — Residents of Wabamun, Alta., whose lake and source of drinking water has been polluted since early this month, would likely support calls by rail workers for a public...
August 29, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Lori Fazari on August 29.) OTTAWA — It has been a month of high-profile train derailments for Canadian National. The company insists its safety record is top-notch. Its unions are calling for a federal...
August 24, 2005 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(The following article by Kristen Vernon was posted on the Edmonton Sun website on August 24.) EDMONTON, Alberta — The union representing front-line CN workers wants a federal public inquiry into the rail company’s practices. Citing five derailments across...
August 22, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on August 20.) VANCOUVER — The four cars from a CN Rail train that derailed near Prince George on Friday added to the mounting number of mishaps that have plagued the company this month. It was the fifth...
August 19, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on August 18.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s biggest railroad, said it will boost capacity by 20 percent for consumer-goods shipments between Asia and Canada as cargo...
August 15, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(United Press International circulated the following article on August 14.) EDMONTON, AB, Canada — Canada’s largest freight railroad company has been given strict deadlines by the government to cleanup an oil spill west of Edmonton. Thousands of liters of oil...
August 12, 2005 | CN, Headlines
(The following article by Scott Deveau was posted on the Globe and Mail website on August 11.) EDMONTON — The mess spilling out around the Lake Wabamun derailment is just one of several incidents that Canadian National Railways Co. has faced in recent months. On...
August 10, 2005 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Steven Mertl on August 10.) VANCOUVER — Criticism of CN Rail is building a head of steam as two of its unions joined a major environmental group Tuesday in questioning the railway’s safety record...
