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Bombardier’s joint venture in China wins US$381M high-speed train contract
Bombardier Inc.’s Chinese joint venture has won a contract to supply 15 ultra-high-speed trains to the country’s national railway... To view the full article please...
VIA Rail Canada reports 5.2 percent revenue increase in 2Q
VIA Rail Canada Inc.'s revenue in the second quarter of 2015 came in at $72.3 million (in Canadian dollars), marking a 5.2 percent increase compared with the same period...
Harper hits suburban Vancouver to talk transit
SURREY, B.C. -- There's political gridlock and then there's actual gridlock -- Stephen Harper heads into a Vancouver suburb today hoping to break both... To view the full...
Crude-by-rail shows signs of life after losing steam in first half
Even Canadian crude oil producers who have entered the railway terminal business wish they didn’t have to load their barrels on trains... To view the full article please...
CP's President and COO to address investor conferences September 16 and 17
CALGARY , Sept. 1, 2015 /CNW/ - Keith Creel , Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) President and Chief Operating Officer, will address two investor conferences: To...
Councillors OK $60M sole-sourced contract for LRT's second phase
Five years after he publicly pledged to ban all sole-sourced city contracts if elected mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watso n has thrown his support behind a plan to give a...
Cenovus Energy Acquires North American Terminal Operations
Canadian oil company, Cenovus Energy Inc. has acquired Canexus Corporation's North American Terminal Operations (NATO), a crude-by-rail trans-loading facility in central...
Harper pledges cash for Burlington
BURLINGTON — On the day that Canadians learned the country is in a technical recession, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rolled into Burlington to discuss the future of the...
WSP to acquire Chicago-based structural design firm, Halvorson and Partners
MONTREAL—WSP Global Inc. is continuing its recent push to snap up North American engineering firms... To read full article please click here.
Cando Rail names Cornick CEO to succeed Mills
Cando Rail Services has appointed Brian Cornick chief executive officer... To view the full article please click here.
Portland transit lends advice to Calgary on future Green Line project
A group of Calgary city councillors and staffers is touring light rail networks in several west coast cities this week to help them make some critical decision on the future...
Niagara transit authority lands federal grant to train electricians, mechanics
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) will receive $303,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to support training for...