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Tag Archives: Via Rail
Giant cranes lift stranded Via Rail cars as Churchill struggles without rail line
Flooding in May left a Via Rail train stranded in Churchill, Man. It’s been collected by a ship, but the rail line—the town’s main link to other communities—is still in disrepair.
MAP: Via Rail collisions and derailments since 1991
What can go wrong when roads intersect with railways
NDP convention: The first six commitments
Tax shelters, unions, EI, supply management, pay equity and VIA Rail
Idle No More disrupts railway traffic, but CN fights back
The Aamjiwnaang First Nation uses a rail line blockade to protest near Sarnia, Ont.
What students are talking about today (October 11th edition)
A fraternity shut, a prayer dropped and a mullet banned
Not only foodies jump aboard the local peas train
From the Rockies to the Charlevoix region, the locavore movement gains steam
The quiet cuts
The Canadian Press rounds up Conservative MPs who have been dealing with concerns about budget cuts.
The more human way to travel
A couple days before he questioned Christy Clark, Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber wrote about a train trip he took and questioned VIA’s value as a publicly funded service.
The quiet cuts
VIA Rail will layoff approximately nine percent of its workforce and reduce service.