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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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Business

Industry fears ‘catastrophe,’ economic fallout ahead of potential rail stoppage

North American industry groups and shippers are bracing for an unprecedented simultaneous stoppage at both of Canada’s main railway companies…

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Politics

Potential strike hangs over rail industry as labour minister, shippers, union meet Monday

Shippers and producers are holding their breath ahead of a possible strike by thousands of rail workers this month that…

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Sports

Arsonists attack French rail network hours before Olympic ceremony

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said that attackers who struck early Friday hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024…

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Canada

CN Rail fined $8 million for two Northern Ontario derailments in 2015

The Ontario Court Justice has ordered Canadian National (CN) Railway to pay an $8 million fine after the company pleaded…

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Nova Scotia

Study for Cape Breton light rail commuter system still on track

The Nova Scotia government is not ready to make a funding commitment on a light rail commuter system in Cape…

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Nova Scotia

Via Rail trip between Halifax, Montreal to take longer due to poor rail conditions

Train travellers between Halifax and Montreal will now spend more time on the rails, partly due to a lack of…

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