February 26, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, February 25, 2020) OTTAWA/TORONTO — Protesters in Canada blocked train lines, Vancouver’s port entrance and at least one highway on Tuesday in response to the arrest of 10 indigenous activists when police dismantled a rail barricade in southern...
February 25, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, February 25, 2020) MONTREAL — Quiet talks brokered by a government desperate to stop a growing economic threat led to two rail rivals coming together with a workaround to bypass the Tyendinaga blockade site. Since last week, Canada’s two...
February 25, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, February 24, 2020) MONCTON — Wet’suwet’en supporters who set up blockades at CN Rail’s tracks in Moncton on Friday and later near Harcourt have left the sites after being served with a court order. The injunction was issued on...
February 24, 2020 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2020) TYENDINAGA — Police moved in on Monday morning to clear a rail blockade by an indigenous group in eastern Canada that had been stopping freight and passenger traffic for more than two weeks on one of the country’s busiest lines....
February 21, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, February 20, 2020) MONTREAL — Authorities served protesters an injunction on Thursday evening, ordering the group to stop blocking a commuter train line on Montreal’s South Shore. Earlier in the day, Canadian National Railway (CN) announced it...
February 20, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Financial Post, February 19, 2020) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway executives downplayed the effect the ongoing rail blockades will have on its annual financial results at an investor conference on Wednesday, even as it sent temporary layoff notices to 450...
February 20, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 19, 2020) THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A Canadian National Railway Co freight train derailed in Ontario and started leaking crude oil, the company said on Wednesday, marking the second such incident in less than two weeks. About 30 cars came off the...
February 14, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 13, 2020) CALGARY — Farmers who rely on rail for shipping their harvest say blockades that have forced the stoppage of all Canadian National Railway Co. transcontinental trains could have a significant economic effect on Alberta’s...
February 14, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, February 13, 2020) TORONTO — Canadian National began shutting down its Eastern Canada rail network Thursday and plans to halt all transcontinental service in response to ongoing disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters that have increasingly...
February 14, 2020 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 13, 2020) EDMONTON — CN rail is shutting down its Eastern Canada operations and VIA is halting passenger services across the country in the face of protests. After several days of grappling with blockaded rail lines in Ontario and...
