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CN chief Claude Mongeau returns to work after throat tumour treatment

CN chief Claude Mongeau returns to work after throat tumour treatment

Claude Mongeau, chief executive officer of Canadian National Railway Co., is back at work after a six-month break recovering from treatment for a throat tumour... To read...

CN files for regulatory approval of Milton logistics hub

CN files for regulatory approval of Milton logistics hub

CN has submitted an application to the Canadian Transportation Agency for approval of the Class I's proposed logistics hub in Milton, Ontario.. To read full article click...

Ottawa Senators' $3.5B LeBreton Flats bid aims to turn desolate site into bustling downtown hub

Ottawa Senators' $3.5B LeBreton Flats bid aims to turn desolate site into bustling downtown hub

The LeBreton Flats redevelopment proposal backed by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk aims to return the site to its heyday as a bustling urban hub with five distinct...

LRT spur line might not go on James Street North after all

LRT spur line might not go on James Street North after all

For the past year, images of Hamilton's future light rail transit (LRT) system have shown a line going down James Street North to the west harbour. To read full article...

Canada will sign TPP trade deal Feb. 4, but ratification not certain

Canada will sign TPP trade deal Feb. 4, but ratification not certain

The federal government has confirmed that it intends to sign the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal at a meeting next week in New Zealand... To read full...

Draft Agenda Released For Canadian Rail Summit May 11-13, 2016

Draft Agenda Released For Canadian Rail Summit May 11-13, 2016

Exhibit space is 50% sold out ! Don’t miss out on Canada’s leading rail industry event, and your opportunity to network with North America’s transportation leaders....

Jason Seidl: CP "still a good play for patient investors"

Jason Seidl: CP "still a good play for patient investors"

Canadian Pacific’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 financial results were slightly below analyst expectations yet “still solid given the macro challenges,” according...

Transport Canada cites safety 'threat' after O-Train ignores stop signal — twice

Transport Canada cites safety 'threat' after O-Train ignores stop signal — twice

Ottawa faces a "threat to safe railway operations" after the O-Train sped past a stop signal without authority on two separate occasions in 2015, Transport Canada says......

China Rail delegation to explore Ring of Fire rail link by mid-March

China Rail delegation to explore Ring of Fire rail link by mid-March

A Canadian mineral exploration company that has been attempting to tap Ontario's Ring of Fire says a Chinese engineering company will be in Ontario by mid-March to look at...

CARS to host a suppliers meeting with CP

CARS to host a suppliers meeting with CP

CARS has once again been working with CP regarding a meeting in Calgary where CP executives will address our suppliers and speak about future plans and how our suppliers can...

Toronto mayor declares end to transit ‘civil war’ as he unveils latest plan for Scarborough subway, LRT

Toronto mayor declares end to transit ‘civil war’ as he unveils latest plan for Scarborough subway, LRT

Toronto Mayor John Tory unveiled a new vision for mass transit in Scarborough Thursday, one he vowed would end the “civil war” between subway and light-rail transit...

First Metrolink F125 completed

First Metrolink F125 completed

USA: The first F125 Spirit diesel locomotive for Los Angeles commuter rail operator Metrolink is nearing completion at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in Muncie, Indiana,...