OTTAWA — Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra ordered Canada’s two major railroad operators to step up their fire prevention efforts as of Sunday as wildfires continue to scorch British Columbia.
OTTAWA — Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra ordered Canada’s two major railroad operators to step up their fire prevention efforts as of Sunday as wildfires continue to scorch British Columbia.
A man was killed Friday night after the SUV he was driving collided with a train just north of Highway 1.
A 71-year-old man was killed Thursday afternoon after his SUV was struck by a train approximately 20 kilometres west of Portage la Prairie.
MACGREGOR, Man. — The Transportation Safety Board says a section of track where a passenger train derailed in Manitoba late last year had existing defects.
TORONTO — Canadian National Railways conductors, trainpersons and yardpersons have given strike notice ahead of a Tuesday deadline.
A train derailment in east Winnipeg on Friday left several rail cars leaning against a bridge on Lagiomodiere Boulevard.
A 27-year-old Portage la Prairie man was found deceased Saturday after being struck by a train.
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.
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.
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.
WINNIPEG — Investigators say at least one million litres of crude oil was released when a train derailed last month on a ranch in western Manitoba.
ST. LAZARE, Man. — Federal investigators say CN rail cars that spilled crude after derailing on farmland in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers.