Insights and Stories on Cn

Tumour surgery to sideline CN chief

Aug. 13, 2015 at 8:24 pm CDT

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, […]

CWB’s chosen suitor weighs West Coast terminal idea

Jun. 2, 2015 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Staff

Cost index trimmed for railways’ grain revenue cap

Apr. 30, 2015 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Staff

CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

Apr. 22, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Staff

CN grain train derails near Calgary

Apr. 10, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Reuters

Railways’ mandatory minimum grain handles ending

Mar. 28, 2015 at 2:33 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

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

Mar. 25, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

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, […]

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Transport Canada seeks CN safety plan after derailments

Mar. 25, 2015 at 12:19 pm CDT

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 […]

By Reuters

CN says harsh winter one reason for spike in 2014 accidents

Mar. 24, 2015 at 7:20 pm CDT

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 […]

By Reuters

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

Mar. 17, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff