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A 27-year-old Portage la Prairie man was found deceased Saturday after being struck by a train.
RCMP responded to a report of a body being located on the rail tracks near 8th Street NW and Fisher Avenue in Portage la Prairie at around 9:10 a.m.
After years of construction and irked motorists having to wait for trains to pass, the Waverley Underpass is set to open to traffic on August 19.
Dignitaries from all three levels of government came together Tuesday for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the site, located just south of Taylor Avenue and the CN tracks.
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have laid out their proposal for rules around voice and data recorders on locomotives, specifying when companies can use the devices to address safety concerns and how workers’ privacy will be protected.
Legislation passed by Parliament required the government to come up with regulations for the recorders, which are similar to “black boxes” on airplanes.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Investigators have reduced their tally of how much oil spilled when a Canadian National freight train derailed last month on a western Manitoba ranch.
Earlier this month, the Transportation Safety Board said at least one million litres of petroleum crude was released Feb. 16 when 37 tanker cars went off the tracks near the small community of St. Lazare.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Investigators say at least one million litres of petroleum crude oil were released when a freight train derailed last month on a ranch in western Manitoba.
The update from the Transportation Safety Board on Friday was the first indication of how big the Feb. 16 spill was near the small community of St. Lazare.
By The Canadian Press
ST. LAZARE, Man. — Federal investigators say CN rail cars that spilled crude after derailing on farmland in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers.
The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St. Lazare.
By The Canadian Press
ST-LAZARE, Man. — A top CN executive telephoned a Manitoba rancher on Monday to apologize after one of the company’s trains derailed and spilled oil on his land.
“CN executive vice-president Sean Finn spoke directly with Mr. Jayme Corr … to discuss how best to remedy any damages stemming from the derailment and to reassure him that we will be working closely with him and his family in the coming days,” said company spokesman Jonathan Abecassis.
By The Canadian Press
ST-LAZARE, Man. — Canadian National Railway says it doesn’t yet know how much oil leaked from a derailment in western Manitoba, but it says trains are now running on the line again.
The railway said Saturday there was “a partial leak” of crude south of St. Lazare, Man., but it was contained and none had reached a nearby river.
