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Little demand for crude-by-rail seen under Conservative government
Since both the Liberal and NDP parties have suggested they would review and perhaps not permit some of the oil pipelines being planned in Canada, a victory by either in the...
Register Now! CARS 2nd Annual National Railway Day Conference-Keeping Industry Connected, All Tracks Lead to Success
To commemorate the day that the last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia in 1885, CARS will be hosting the 2nd Annual...
Bombardier expands C&S footprint in North America
Bombardier Transportation is expanding its North American signaling and train control presence through two new rail transit projects... To view the full article please click...
Forget NAFTA, the TPP is the new ‘gold standard’ of global trade
OTTAWA — It will take years before the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and its possible drawbacks, find their way into the Canadian economy... To view the full...
Canadian labour market continues to stagnate
OTTAWA—The Canadian labour market continued to perform at a steady, if unimpressive pace through September. Employment inched up 12,000 jobs, or 0.1 per cent, while...
Federal leaders recognize transit as an economic driver
Two years ago, the late former federal Conservative finance minister Jim Flaherty went to an east-end community centre pledging $660 million for the Scarborough subway,...
‘Prudent’ oil boom spending would have left Alberta with surplus, despite crude crash, report says
CALGARY—With the significant drop in oil prices over the past 14 months, the Alberta government has been sent scrambling to secure further sources of revenue in the face...
AGT Food to acquire short-line operator Mobil Capital Holdings
AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. announced earlier this week that it signed an agreement to acquire Mobil Capital Holdings Ltd., a Saskatchewan-based agricultural processor and...
Canada will receive copy of TPP text: Fast
VANCOUVER — Canada's trade minister is promising to release a provisional copy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement in the next few days — but Ed Fast won't...
KC Streetcar awards Herzog $15.8 million operations contract
The Kansas City Streetcar Authority (KCSA) has signed a five-year, $15.8 million operations and maintenance agreement with Herzog Transit Services, Inc... To view the full...
Greenbrier expands into Saudi Arabia as quarterly orders climb
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. announced Oct. 7, 2015 that it received diversified new orders in its fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, 2015 for 2,900 railcar units valued at...
CN fosters collaboration on the international intermodal front
When CN Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Luc Jobin addressed a crowd of investors at last month’s Citi Industrials Conference in Boston, he was frank...