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CN says harsh winter one reason for spike in 2014 accidents

By Reuters March 24, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — An unusually harsh winter is one of the reasons Canadian National Railway (CN) suffered a sharp increase in the number of train accidents in 2014, a top official said Tuesday. Chief operating officer Jim Vena told a committee of federal legislators that deep cold can cause rails and wheels to crack. […] Read more

P.E.I. Transportation Minister Alan McIsaac and John Jamieson of the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture on Thursday announced a new one-time registration option for farm trucks’ plates. (Government of P.E.I. photo by Brian Simpson)

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P.E.I. to offer one-time farm truck registration fee

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 19, 2015

Prince Edward Island’s farmers, starting next month, will be able pay a one-time fee to register their farm trucks for as long as they own them. The province until now has charged a cut-rate annual registration fee of $10 on trucks weighing at least one ton (10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more), if the trucks […] Read more

WeatherFarm now offers farmers an expanded daily email as well as a new mobile app, whose forecast page is shown here.

Crops, Machinery, Weather

WeatherFarm boosts local-level data for farmers

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 18, 2015

Prairie weather network WeatherFarm has moved to expand the data it can provide to farmers through its new daily email. The network, operated by ag meteorology firm Weather Innovations Consulting (WIN) in partnership with Glacier Farmmedia, owners of this website, gets its data mainly from over 1,100 weather stations set up at farms, grain elevators […] Read more

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CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 17, 2015

Updated, March 18 — Unionized rail car and locomotive repair, maintenance and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) have approved the 11th-hour deal that kept them from being locked out last month. CN, in a release Tuesday, said members of its shopcraft group of about 2,100 employees, represented by Unifor Local 100R, have voted […] Read more

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Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 16, 2015

Four of five groups of Canadian National Railway (CN) employees have voted to ratify the new collective labour deals that kept them from being locked out last month. CN said Monday its unionized clerical/intermodal/fleet mechanic, CNTL and excavator-operator units, all represented by Unifor locals, have all voted in favour of agreements with 51-month terms. The […] Read more

Jocelyne Handfield Rheaume, who lost her husband to a work-related farm injury, is featured on a video prepared for Quebec’s Farm Health and Safety Week. (SiOnSavait.ca)

General, Machinery

Ag Safety Week urges farmers to “be the difference”

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 14, 2015

Acting to improve a farm’s safety systems before a problem appears is the focus of this year’s Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, beginning Sunday. The week, running March to 21 in a co-promotion between the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Federation of Agriculture (CFA) with sponsorship from Farm Credit Canada, is themed “Be the Difference.” […] Read more

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, shown here with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) president Ray Orb in Saskatoon on Thursday, said Canada’s big two railways can’t be allowed to define “satisfactory” in terms of grain handling service. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Railways can’t dictate terms on grain backlog, Harper says

By Randall Palmer March 12, 2015

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway have such huge market power that they cannot be allowed to dictate how Canada’s grain shipment backlog is cleared, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. Harper said in an appearance in Saskatchewan that the grain backlog was not nearly as bad as it was a […] Read more

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Manitoba Case dealerships to join Rocky Mountain chain

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 10, 2015

Predicting a “challenging environment” ahead for revenue growth as crop prices slip, Case IH dealership mega-chain Rocky Mountain Equipment is set to expand further into Manitoba. Calgary-based RME on Tuesday announced its fourth-quarter and year-end results plus a deal to buy southern Manitoba dealership chain Chabot Implements for $6.8 million. Family-owned Chabot includes dealerships at […] Read more

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Prince Rupert to boost container handling capacity

By Julie Gordon March 10, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Maher Terminals Holding Corp. said Tuesday it would boost container-handling capacity by more than half at the Port of Prince Rupert, under an expansion of its container terminal at the northern British Columbia port. The Fairview Container terminal will be expanded to more than 1.3 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP’s shopcraft staff ratify new labour deal

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 9, 2015

Repair, maintenance and locomotive and rail car inspection staff at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted to ratify the last-minute deal that kept them off the picket line. The 1,625 unionized workers, represented by Unifor’s CP shopcraft bargaining unit, voted 79 per cent in favour of their four-year deal at membership meetings over the past […] Read more

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CN says harsh winter one reason for spike in 2014 accidents

P.E.I. to offer one-time farm truck registration fee

WeatherFarm boosts local-level data for farmers

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

Ag Safety Week urges farmers to “be the difference”

Railways can’t dictate terms on grain backlog, Harper says

Manitoba Case dealerships to join Rocky Mountain chain

Prince Rupert to boost container handling capacity

CP’s shopcraft staff ratify new labour deal

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