BRAMPTON, Ontario — Canadian government officials today have announced the creation of two trade infrastructure funds, backed by Ca$6 billion over seven years, that the government says will double the nation’s non-U.S. exports and create access to new global markets. In an event at Canadian National Railway’s Brampton intermodal terminal, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon and […]
Canadian National Railway celebrated the 30th anniversary of its privatization on Tuesday (Nov. 17), with CEO Tracy Robinson and Shauneen Bruder, chair of the railroad’s board of directors, marking the event by ringing the opening bell at the Toronto Stock Exchange and the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. CN raised Ca$2.25 billion […]
MONTREAL — The second portion of Montreal’s Réseau express métropolitain light rail network has opened, with regular service on the Deux-Montagnes line beginning at 5:30 a.m. ET today (Nov. 17, 2025). That follows a Friday ceremony that included Prime Minister Mark Carney and a weekend of free “open house” operations on the new 33-kilometer (20.5-mile), […]
Canadian National 2-8-0 No. 2444, assigned as the switcher in Chipman, N.B., negotiates the steep grade and tight curves at the town’s brickyard on a gray day in November 1953. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
MONTREAL — The union engaged in what was to have been a month-long strike against Montreal’s public transit agency has suspended its job action — but another strike will shut down the system this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15-16. The Syndicat du Transport de Montréal, which represents maintenance workers, began a walkout on Nov. 2 […]
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — All railcars have been removed from the water and just one remains on the site as cleanup continues from the CPKC derailment on Nov. 1 that led to spill of aviation fuel on the shore of Kamloops Lake, raising concerns about some water systems supplied by the lake. In a Nov. […]
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — Approximately 80,700 liters of aviation fuel (about 21,320 gallons) was spilled as a result of the Nov. 1 derailment of a CPKC train along Kamloops Lake, British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Parks says in its latest update. An official told the local news site Castanet Kamloops that the leading theory […]
MONTREAL — Montreal’s Metro rail system and bus service will see sharply reduced hours this month as a result of a strike by maintenance workers for transit agency Sociéte de transport de Montréal (STM) that began Friday, Oct. 31. The STM system was completely shut down for 24 hours over the weekend by a one-day […]
Clean-up efforts underway following train derailment outside of Kamloops. ⬇️More below ⬇️https://t.co/HBGDaElIww — KamloopsNow (@KamloopsBCNow) November 2, 2025 KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — Work to contain a fuel spill is continuing after one locomotive and 17 cars of a CPKC freight train derailed Saturday west of Kamloops. British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Parks reports that […]
Being a safety supervisor at a small regional railroad entailed more than being a statistician. When promoted to the position on the Maine Central in early 1982, I was part of a two-man team, tasked with promoting safety. This required meeting train crews, riding with them, learning the rudiments of their tasks; talking with engineering […]
MONTREAL — The second portion of Montreal’s Réseau express métropolitain light rail system will open on Monday, Nov. 17, builder CDPQ Infra announced today (O t. 20, 2025). The Deux-Montagnes branch, replacing an EXO commuter line that ended operations on Dec. 31, 2020, will add 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) 14 stations to the six stations […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canada Strong Pass, which debuted this summer and includes free or discounted travel on VIA Rail Canada, will return for about a month around the Holiday season, the Canadian government has announced. The pass debuted this summer after being proposed by the Liberal Party as part of its platform for the […]
