Machinery

Canadian Pacific Railway will be online Friday following quick passage of a back-to-work law Thursday through Canada’s Senate and governor general’s office. The Senate, during a five-hour meeting Thursday afternoon, fast-tracked the Conservative government’s Bill C-39 through second reading, committee stage and third reading. The Conservatives’ Senate majority allowed the bill to pass third reading […] Read more

Canadian Pacific Railway’s striking engineers, conductors, yardmen and trainspersons can expect to be ordered back to work later this week. Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt on Monday introduced Bill C-39, which would require an end to the CP strike and the appointment of an arbitrator 12 hours after the law receives royal assent, expected before […] Read more

Talks to reach a new labour deal for Canadian Pacific Railway’s striking engineers and conductors are now "stalled." The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 4,800 of CP’s engineers, conductors, yardmen, trainspersons and rail traffic controllers, said Sunday that the federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is "no longer involved" in talks between CP […] Read more

Locomotive engineers, conductors and other unionized rail workers at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have hit the bricks, as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. "The strike has now started but talks will resume first thing in the morning," the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents the railway’s 4,800-odd striking employees, said in a release shortly after […] Read more

Canadian Pacific Railway’s engineers, conductors, yardmen and rail traffic controllers have served strike notice to take effect Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. The 72-hour notice, announced Saturday, does not necessarily mean a strike will begin at that time, but allows up to 4,800 workers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), to walk off the […] Read more

A bid to restructure the finances of an overextended mustard miller in southwestern Saskatchewan has ended with the company permanently shutting its doors. Tom Halpenny, CEO of Mustard Capital Inc. at Gravelbourg, Sask., announced on the company’s website that MCI has "discontinued operations" as of May 4. MCI announced in early February this year that […] Read more

Qualifying customers of the Prairies’ biggest grain handler will be able to get elevator-level pricing information through a new mobile app. Viterra on Wednesday rolled out myViterra mobile, a new mobile interface growers can customize for specific commodities and facility locations. The app is a new mobile-phone extension of the company’s online myViterra service, available […] Read more