File photo of a BNSF grain train crossing the Gassman Coulee trestle near Minot, North Dakota. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)

Railways eliminate carbon surcharge

Surcharge came off April 1 after federal government axed consumer carbon price

Farmers said they are happy and relieved that Canada's two major railways have removed their carbon tax surcharges.










File photo of forest fire.

Jasper fires force trains to go slow 

CN has resumed service but at a reduced speed through the area    

The Canadian National Railway line through Jasper, Alta,. is open, but trains are moving slowly due to the wildfire that destroyed a significant part of the community this week. The implications for grain movement are unknown, but unloads are already down at the port of Vancouver.