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Regional transportation forum to be held May 27 in St. Thomas
St. Thomas might be the Railway Capital of Canada, but it finds itself in the unenviable position of being without passenger train service.. To view the full article please...
CP commits $3 million to move cardiac research forward
CALGARY, May 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific (CP) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation (Foundation) today are teaming up to save lives and improve the health of all...
Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion for sale downtown
Canadian Pacific Railway has puts its landmark downtown Calgary Pavilion property on the block... To view the full article please click here.
U.S., Canada business ties strengthened via CSX intermodal terminal
CSX, along with partners from the government of the province of Quebec and the municipal administration of the City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield... To view the full article...
Athabasca Minerals to purchase CN-served transloading terminal
Athabasca Minerals Inc. announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase a private rail transloading facility near Obed, Alberta, from Coal Valley Resources...
Amtrak train 188 derails in Philadelphia; 5 dead
Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188, with 238 passengers and five crew members on board, derailed at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia on the Northeast Corridor, shortly...
Freight Rail Regulation Then and Now.
Linked below please find a new video from AAR titled: Freight Rail Regulation Then and Now. https://www.aar.org/Pages/Freight-Rail-Regulation-Then-and-Now.aspx At 10:00 a.m....
Obama says TPP will let the U.S. ‘write the rules’ of the global economy
BEAVERTON, Ore.—President Barack Obama says the U.S. must write the rules of the global economy now, while it’s in a position of economic strength... To view the full...
Vancouver pleads with residents to OK PST hike for transit upgrades
With traffic gridlock threatening to choke Vancouver roadways and politicians butting heads over how to pay for transportation infrastructure, citizens of Metro Vancouver...
Alberta heavy oil price up almost 80% since March
The price of heavy oil from Canada's oilsands has quietly rebounded by 77 per cent in the past six weeks, far better than the comeback in other types of crude... To view the...
The R&D tax credit that can help small businesses grow
Tax credits have become a popular tool offered by the federal and provincial governments to foster innovation and job creation... To view the full article please click here....
Quebec Premier Couillard addresses Ontario legislature, first premier to do so in over 50 years
Central Canada remains the powerhouse of Confederation, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Monday in an unapologetically federalist and historic speech at Queen’s...