Insights and Stories on CPKC

May. 1, 2024 at 4:31 pm CDT

Grain Growers of Canada is sounding the alarm over a potential strike by workers at both of the country’s major railways.

By Karen Briere

May. 1, 2024 at 1:08 pm CDT

Thousands of railway workers in Canada at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have voted overwhelmingly to strike as early as May 22, the union said today.

By David Ljunggren, Reuters, Rod Nickel

Apr. 18, 2024 at 4:46 pm CDT

Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) are in the middle of a strike vote. The vote comes after three collective agreements, covering CN and CPKC engineers and conductors as well as rail traffic controllers at CPCK, expired December 31.

By Gord Gilmour

Jul. 13, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

Recent legislation has raised the stakes in a decade-long battle between the railways and Canadian grain shippers over the interswitching radius. Interswitching refers to a regulation to ensure shippers located where only a single railway operates can access points that are not served by that railway. The issue is especially […]

By Don Norman

Jun. 26, 2023 at 7:56 pm CDT

Grain handler Richardson International plans to expand rail car spots at eight Prairie elevators on Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) lines as the railway gears up for longer trains with new higher-volume hopper cars. Winnipeg-based Richardson on Monday announced expanded rail car spots for its elevators at Lacombe, Carseland, Provost […]

By Dave Bedard