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Online usability testing for rail transportation content / L'exercice de facilité d'emploi en ligne pour le contenu relatif au transport ferroviaire
Le français suit l’anglais As part of ongoing work on the Web Renewal Initiative for the Government of Canada, we are conducting an online usability testing activity to...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could pipe in new business for the Western gas industry
Rifle, Colorado, a quintessential Western energy boomtown, has fallen on hard times. High natural gas prices spurred a drilling boom in the surrounding Piceance Basin in the...
Register now for CARS Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers will be held in Toronto on June 18, 2015 beginning at 4:00 PM, at the Four Points by Sheraton,...
Mushkegowuck wins Northern support for rail link
Grand Chief Lawrence Martin has won more political support in his bid to create a railway link to the Ring Of Fire... To view the full article please click here.
Vermont wants more Canadian businesses
BURLINGTON, V.T.—Business and political leaders in Vermont said May 20 that more must be done to attract Canadian businesses to set up operations in the state... To view...
‘Stop insulting our neighbour’: Jeb Bush slams U.S. president for poor relations with Canada
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Twice during a Wednesday appearance in this coastal city close to Canada, Jeb Bush suggested that the U.S. relationship with its northern neighbour is...
Online usability testing for rail transportation content
As part of ongoing work on the Web Renewal Initiative for the Government of Canada, we are conducting an online usability testing activity to help us evaluate the...
Canadian economy to hit full capacity near end of 2016, says BOC
CHARLOTTETOWN—Following a setback caused by the drop in oil prices, the Canadian economy is once again on a course toward sustainable balanced growth... To view the full...
CN must apply to CTA for approval of intermodal terminal in Milton
CN Rail has one more hoop to jump through before any decision can be made in regard to the intermodal terminal proposed for south Milton... To view the full article please...
Canadian Pacific feeling pinch of oil price plunge
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. became the latest rail carrier to signal it is feeling the pinch of the plunge in oil prices... To view the full article please click here.
Oil bust could cost 185,000 jobs this year
CALGARY—A new study says shrinking budgets in the oil and gas industry could lead to as many as 185,000 direct and indirect job losses this year in Canada... To view the...
Amtrak 188 wreck: FRA Emergency Order; windshield strike possible factor
Following the derailment of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 on May 12, 2015... To view the full article please click here.