April 15, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following story by Paul Waldie appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 15.) TORONTO — Blindness has never stopped John Benjamin from travelling. He has visited many parts of Canada and taken several trips abroad. But when he took a train trip to...
April 7, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on April 7.) MONTREAL — Former Via Rail president Marc LeFrançois, fired last month amid the federal sponsorship scandal, filed a $2.7-million wrongful-dismissal suit against the government yesterday. The suit,...
April 1, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on March 25.) MONTREAL — Because I’m older than you, that’s why! Renewed by popular demand, VIA Rail Canada’s Senior’s Companion Fares are helping passengers to better appreciate their elders....
April 1, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on April 1.) MONTREAL — “After all, what’s fair is no fare”. From May 29 – August 29, 2004, those over 18 purchasing a senior, student, or adult-fare ticket in VIA Rail Canada’s Comfort...
March 31, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following story by Les Whittington appeared on the Toronto Star website on March 31.) OTTAWA — Jean Pelletier, the former aide to Jean Chrétien who was fired as chair of VIA Rail for belittling onetime Olympic star Myriam Bédard, is seeking $3 million in...
March 24, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following story by Francois Shalom appeared on the Montreal Gazette website on March 24.) MONTREAL — Via Rail Canada’s 2002 deficit of $153.7 million will balloon to $184 million for 2003, The Gazette has learned, and some rail-transport insiders are...
March 15, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following article by Graham Fraser and Susan Delacourt was posted on the Toronto Star website on March 14.) OTTAWA — Jean Pelletier says he is ready to testify any time on his activities as ex-prime minister Jean Chrétien’s chief of staff....
March 8, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following story by Elizabeth Thompson appeared on The Montreal Gazette website on March 6.) MONTREAL — Via Rail president Marc LeFrançois was fired yesterday after he failed to convince Transport Minister Tony Valeri that he had nothing to do with the...
March 5, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The CBC posted the following article on its website on March 5.) MONTREAL – Jean Pelletier plans to sue the federal government for firing him as chair of Via Rail. Pelletier lost the position just a few days after he belittled Olympic champion Myriam Bédard,...
March 2, 2004 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Agence France Presse distributed the following article on March 1.) OTTAWA — The chairman of Canada’s state-owned passenger rail network, Jean Pelletier, was fired in the wake of controversial comments he made about a former employee who claimed she was...
