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Via Rail passengers stuck on train for 10 hours prompts investigation

Via Rail passengers were stranded on a train outside Quebec City for about 10 hours on Saturday with limited access…

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Federal labour board orders rail workers back on the job, imposes binding arbitration

Freight trains must start rolling again first thing Monday morning, the federal labour board ruled on Saturday as it ordered…

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Rail decision could give bargaining companies advantage in other industries, union leader says

A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways…

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Rail reopening begins with workers at CN taking down pickets, but CPKC stoppage ongoing

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says it has taken down picket lines at Canadian National Railway (CN) and its workers…

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Politics

Ottawa has sent the rail dispute to arbitration — so what happens now?

The federal government has referred the ongoing rail labour dispute to arbitration — but that might not guarantee a resumption of…

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Politics

Here’s how the rail stoppage will — or won’t — affect you

Canada’s two main railways locked out more than 9,000 unionized workers overnight, halting freight traffic across the country. The stoppage…

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Business

How a rail stoppage could affect freight, farming, french fries and more

For the first time, Canada’s two main railway companies, Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), are…

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Canada

‘Rail is our lifeline’: Businesses brace for possible CN/CPKC shutdown amid lockout-strike threats

To business executive Daniel Peretz, the possibility of a railway strike or lockout is more than a headline.  “The rail…

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Nova Scotia

Labour minister to meet with rail companies, union as deadline to avoid massive shutdown looms

Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon will meet with representatives of Canada’s two main rail companies and unions as the deadline to…

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Politics

Singh urges Liberals to stay out of rail dispute as deadline to avoid massive shutdown looms

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party would oppose any government intervention in the ongoing labour dispute between Canada’s two…

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