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Tumour surgery to sideline CN chief

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 13, 2015

The CEO of Canada’s biggest rail network expects to be off work until late fall for surgery and radiation treatments on a precancerous tumour. Canadian National Railway’s (CN) chief executive Claude Mongeau said Wednesday he expects to have surgery either near the end of this month or early in September, to remove a rare type […] Read more

Western Stevedoring’s Lynnterm Terminal, shown here, is now the subject of a feasibility study as the possible site of a new export terminal for Prairie grain. (Colin Jewell photo courtesy Port Metro Vancouver)

Crops, Markets

CWB’s chosen suitor weighs West Coast terminal idea

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 2, 2015

The new Prairie grain player tapped to take a majority stake in the former Canadian Wheat Board is now considering the possibility of its own port terminal. Bunge Canada and Saudi-owned crown corporation SALIC Canada, in their joint venture G3 Global Holdings, have agreed to a separate joint venture with West Coast port logistics firm […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Cost index trimmed for railways’ grain revenue cap

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 30, 2015

A sharper-than-expected drop in fuel costs has led federal regulators to dial back the index that decides how much money railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency on announced Thursday it will cut its volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) by 5.6 per cent, to 1.2517, for the 2015-16 crop year. […] Read more

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CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 22, 2015

A bump in gross revenue from grain handling helped to improve first-quarter results for both of Canada’s big two railways. Canadian National Railway (CN) on Monday reported overall net income of $704 million on $3.098 billion in revenue for the quarter ending March 31, up from $623 million on $2.693 billion in the year-earlier period. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CN grain train derails near Calgary

By Reuters April 10, 2015

Reuters — Twenty-four grain cars on a Canadian National Railway (CN) train derailed northeast of Calgary on Friday morning without injury or dangerous goods involved, RCMP said. The derailment on the 104-car train took place near the village of Kathyrn and Highway 9, at 10 a.m. MT, RCMP from nearby Beiseker said in a release, […] Read more

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, shown here in Winnipeg last March, won’t be extending mandatory minimum grain handles, which end Saturday. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Railways’ mandatory minimum grain handles ending

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 28, 2015

Canada’s big two railways can resume moving grain at their own pace as the federal government’s order in council setting mandatory minimum grain traffic quotas is set to expire unrenewed. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced the federal government won’t renew the mandatory minimums, which are due to expire Saturday. The […] Read more

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, shown here last month at Carleton University, says she doesn’t yet plan to mandate minimum grain traffic levels in specific rail corridors. (TC,gc.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Raitt won’t tell railways where to ship grain for now

By David Ljunggren, Randall Palmer March 25, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government will not, for now, start telling railways where to ship farmers’ grain but it will decide within days whether to extend its requirements on how much grain they must haul, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Wednesday. In an interview in her parliamentary office, Raitt said farmers and shippers […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Transport Canada seeks CN safety plan after derailments

By Reuters March 25, 2015

Toronto | Reuters — Regulator Transport Canada has issued a notice to Canadian National Railway (CN) requesting a plan to ensure safety along its main line’s Ruel subdivision, where three trains derailed in fewer than 30 days in February and March, the railway said Wednesday. The notice, given on March 12 but not previously reported, was […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

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

Crops, Machinery, Markets

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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Tumour surgery to sideline CN chief

CWB’s chosen suitor weighs West Coast terminal idea

Cost index trimmed for railways’ grain revenue cap

CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

CN grain train derails near Calgary

Railways’ mandatory minimum grain handles ending

Raitt won’t tell railways where to ship grain for now

Transport Canada seeks CN safety plan after derailments

CN says harsh winter one reason for spike in 2014 accidents

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

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