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"CPKC deploys hydrogen locomotive to field location for mainline service"
"Last week, Canadian Pacific Kansas City's hydrogen locomotive CP1201, and its tender, became the first high-horsepower hydrogen unit to be deployed to a field location for...
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"Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on $29.8-billion worth of U.S. steel, other goods"
"Canada swiftly hit back at the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs on all global aluminum and steel imports by imposing counterlevies on $28.9-billion worth of U.S....
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Current Rail/Transit Bids
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"SkyTrain Readies for Mark V Trainset Service"
"British Columbia's TransLink has begun field testing the first of its new Mark V trainsets, which will run on the SkyTrain automated rapid transit system in metro...
"Port of Vancouver moved record cargo volumes in 2024 as crude oil exports soared"
"The Port of Vancouver moved a record amount of goods through its gates last year, an increase fuelled largely by surging oil exports enabled by the Trans Mountain pipeline...
"TTC begins construction at Hillcrest for storage of new streetcars"
"Hillcrest Complex will undergo comprehensive upgrades to store and maintain approximately 25 new streetcars. The upgrades are being funded by contributions from the federal...
"Minister of Transport and Internal Trade welcomes the appointment of the VIA Rail Chairperson"
"Today, the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, the Honourable Anita Anand, welcomed the appointment of Jonathan Goldbloom as the Chairperson of VIA Rail Canada Inc....
"Mark Carney dominated the race to replace Justin Trudeau. Now what?"
"In something of a political blowout, Mark Carney was elected on Sunday as leader of the Liberal Party and as the next Prime Minister..." (Schmunk , 2025) Click here for the...
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