September 27, 2013 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CN press release, September 26, 2013) VANCOUVER — CN announced today plans to start freight service on approximately 75 per cent of the rail network operated by bankrupt short-line Kelowna Pacific Railway Ltd. (KPR) in southern British Columbia after reaching...
September 27, 2013 | CN, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CN press release, September 26, 2013) MONTREAL — CN will issue its third-quarter 2013 financial and operating results on Oct. 22, 2013, at 4.01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). CN’s senior officers will review the results and the railway’s...
September 26, 2013 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, September 25, 2013) TORONTO — CBC News has learned more details about an internal audit called this week at GO Transit, as well as a probe by the Ontario Provincial Police’s anti-corruption unit into allegations that CN Rail improperly billed...
September 25, 2013 | CN, Headlines
(Source: APTN National News, September 23, 2013) OTTAWA — APTN has been investigating the Holmes vs. CN case for several months, interviewing sources and collecting documents. Full story: APTN National News
September 24, 2013 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, September 22, 2013) OTTAWA — CN Rail, at the urging of Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities matching the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, documents show. Full...
September 24, 2013 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, September 23, 2013) TORONTO — Contract negotiations between Canadian National Railway and the Teamsters union appear to have stalled as CN demands changes that union officials say could jeopardize the health and safety of workers. The Teamsters...
September 17, 2013 | CN, Headlines
(Source: Toronto Star, September 17, 2013) TORONTO — The Federal Court has recently upheld a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision awarding a Canadian National Railway employee $35,000 for discrimination based on family status. The company fired her when she would...
September 9, 2013 | CN, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 20, 2013) CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered two subsidiaries of Canadian National Railway to pay over $263,000 in back wages, interest,...
August 19, 2013 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, August 19, 2013) NEW YORK — Canada’s railway industry has intensified its lobbying efforts following the explosion of a runaway oil train in Quebec last month that killed 47 people. Full story: Leader-Post
August 14, 2013 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Ottawa Citizen, August 13, 2013) PORTAGE DU FORT, Que, — Tensions in Quebec’s Pontiac region are rising after mayors from the area gathered to blockade a railway from which they said Canadian National Rail attempted to illegally remove tracks on Tuesday...
