Insights and Stories on Vancouver

PSAC federal worker strike could hit at grain transport

Apr. 28, 2023 at 4:17 pm CDT

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike is drawing fire from Canadian agricultural commodity groups — mostly concerned with how grain transportation could be disrupted. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association issued a strongly worded press release on Tuesday after striking picketers targeted Vancouver’s Cascadia grain terminal, co-owned by […]

Canada shuts ports to Russian ships over Ukraine invasion

Mar. 1, 2022 at 7:09 pm CST

By Alexander Schummer

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils steady during holidays

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:08 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Grain movement to Vancouver picking up

Dec. 20, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

CN rerouting trains, aims to re-open line to Vancouver on weekend

Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:27 pm CST

By Reuters

CN to reopen to Vancouver Wednesday

Nov. 23, 2021 at 11:32 am CST

Canadian National Railway (CN) says it’s almost set to resume some service to Vancouver, starting early Wednesday. Montreal-based CN said in an emailed statement Tuesday that repair work on damaged sections of its track from Kamloops to Vancouver “progressed well over the weekend” and the line will reopen to “limited […]

By Dave Bedard

Repair work on B.C. rail lines expected for days yet

Nov. 19, 2021 at 7:47 pm CST

Canada’s big two railways expect repair work to continue into at least next week before service can resume through storm-battered areas of British Columbia to export terminals at Vancouver. Both railways, along with several major B.C. highways, have been shut this week due to damage from flooding and landslides spurred […]

By Dave Bedard

Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:03 pm CST

Abbotsford | Reuters — Rescuers and workers in British Columbia were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the […]

By Jesse Winter

Grain flow uncertain as floods halt B.C. rail, road traffic

Nov. 17, 2021 at 2:35 pm CST

MarketsFarm — It’s too early yet to determine the effect of massive floods in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on grain movement, according to the company monitoring Canada’s grain handling and transportation system. Up to 200 millimetres of rain earlier this week have triggered mudslides and cut access to rail lines […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Railways to blame for terminal shortages, WGEA says

Mar. 8, 2021 at 7:58 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The association representing the Prairies’ main grain handling companies says recent delays in loading vessels have less to do with the availability of grain and more to do with the railways hauling it to port. The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), which represents major handlers such as Viterra, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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