March 18, 2005 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following report appeared on The Chronicle-Journal website on March 17.) THUNDER BAY — Via Rail may be coming back to Thunder Bay. Officials with the rail line said they’ll be talking with CP Rail representatives in an attempt to work out a deal that would...
March 16, 2005 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on March 14.) OTTAWA — Paul Cote was confirmed Monday as president and chief executive officer of Via Rail, after acting as the interim top executive at the Crown corporation for more than a year. Cote was...
February 9, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on February 8.) EVANSBURG, Alta. — RCMP have charged the driver of a logging truck following a crash that derailed a Via passenger train west of Edmonton last month. Darrell Plett, 44, of Edson, Alta., was...
February 2, 2005 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following story by Paul Cowan appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on February 2.) MACKAY, Alberta — A collision between a logging truck and a Via Rail train Monday came as no surprise to some residents living near the scene. Some people living near the...
February 1, 2005 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Tara Brautigam on January 31.) TORONTO — Via Rail apologized Saturday after nearly 400 passengers on two trains bound for Toronto were stranded on board overnight for up to 10 hours because of mechanical...
February 1, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Jim MacDonald on February 1.) MACKAY, ALTA. — A Via Rail passenger train was knocked off its tracks yesterday when a logging truck slammed into it broadside at a marked crossing west of Edmonton. There were...
January 31, 2005 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following story by Tabassum Siddiqui appeared on the Toronto Star website on January 30.) TORONTO — Mary Dawson should have been meeting her boyfriend’s pals. Deborah Sterescu was supposed to be at her mother’s birthday party. But instead, they...
November 23, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on November 22.) MONTREAL — Via Rail is standing by its purchase of 139 used rail cars from Britain and says they represent good value for the taxpayer and meet Canadian standards. “The Renaissance cars,...
September 2, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on September 2.) MONTREAL — Enid Churchill was a healthy, active 75-year-old until she suffered a stroke on a Via Rail train somewhere between Toronto and Montreal. Now she is paralyzed on her right side and...
September 1, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on August 31.) MONTREAL — Via Rail employees have ratified a new three-year labour contract that gives them a cumulative wage increase of more than 10 per cent, a union spokesman said Tuesday. The 2,500 members...
