• March 10, 2015 •
Comments Off on Update on Canadian National Railway Oil Train Disaster Near Gogama, Ontario
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, Environmental Defence, environmental impacts, fires, France Gelinas, Glenn Thibeault, Gogama Ontario, Greenpeace, Mattagami First Nation, shipping oil by rail, spills, Steven Del Duca, Transport Canada
• March 1, 2015 •
Comments Off on Aging Track Caused Canadian National Railway Fiery Derailment – Gainford
Posted in Derailment
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, crude oil, dangerous goods, deteriorating rail infrastructure, explosion, fire, Gainford Alberta, propane, safety, spill, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, worn rail
• February 16, 2015 •
Comments Off on “Safe Rail Communities” Aims to Improve Rail Safety
Posted in shipping oil by rail
Tags: Auditor-General, Bomb Trains, Canada Transportation Act Review Panel, crude oil, DOT-111 tank car, Environmental Petition, Lac Megantic, public petition, rail safety, Safe Rail Communities, shipping oil by rail, train derailments, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• December 12, 2014 •
Comments Off on Major Cities Don’t Want Dangerous Goods on Railways
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, dangerous goods, derailments, Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Mayor Drew Dilkens, Mayor John Tory, Mississauga, rail safety, Toronto, Transport Canada, Windsor
• November 19, 2014 •
Comments Off on Railway Companies’ Bottom Line Continues to Trump Safety
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Derailment, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailments, hazardous and dangerous goods, Lac Megantic, Mark Winfield, Peggy Nash, rail safety, Safe Rail Communities, Transport Canada
• October 7, 2014 •
Comments Off on Major Canadian National Railway Derailment and Fire in Saskatchewan
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Clair, CN Railway Derailments Other Accidents and Incidents, Environmental Defence, evacuation, explosion, fire, hazardous goods, petroleum distillates, spill, Transport Action Canada, Transport Canada, Wadena
• September 26, 2014 •
Comments Off on Burlington Neighbourhood Frustrated with CN Rail Yard Activities
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Rail yard
Tags: Canada Transportation Act Review Secretariat, Canadian National Railway, CN Aldershot Rail Yard Burlington, deaths, derailments, diesel exhaust carcinogenic effects, health, property devaluation, Rail and Reason, rail yard noise and vibration, Transport Canada, Via Rail
• September 25, 2014 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Grain Hauling Fine a Joke
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Rail and Reason, Transport Canada
Tags: Canada Transportation Act Review Secretariat, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, CN fine, Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, Malcolm Allen, Rail and Reason, safety, shippers, Transport Canada, Wade Sobkowich
• July 24, 2014 •
Comments Off on Oil Train Accidents on Rise as U.S. Proposes New Safety Rules
Posted in Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: American Petroleum Institute, Association of American Railroads, derailments, DOT-111 tank car, Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety, hazardous goods, oil spills, rail safety, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, U.S. Department of Transportation
• July 13, 2014 •
Comments Off on Dangerous Goods Rail Accidents Rising Following Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster
Posted in Derailment, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: dangerous goods, derailments, explosions, fires, Harry Gow, Lac Megantic, railway accidents, shipping oil by rail, Transport Action Canada, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• March 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on Federal Government Shares Blame for Lac-Megantic Rail Disaster
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Derailment, Imperial Oil, Safety
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, derailment, Lac Megantic, Mike Bradley, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• March 8, 2014 •
Comments Off on Federal Government Orders CN and CP to Move More Grain or Get Fined
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Claude Mongeau, CN privatization, Hunter Harrison
Tags: Alberta Federation of Agriculture, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Claude Mongeau, CN privatization, grain backlog, Hunter Harrison, Keystone Agricultural Producers, railway monopoly, Ralph Goodale, Transport Canada, Western Grain Elevator Association
• January 16, 2014 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Derailment of Dangerous Goods in Edmonton
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Leaks, Transport Canada
Tags: Brian Williams, Canadian National Railway, CN Rail, derailment, Emily Hamer, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, leaks, Transport Canada, Warren Chandler
• December 14, 2013 •
Comments Off on Transport Canada has Ignored Repeated Warnings about Rail Safety
Posted in Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: dangerous goods, deteriorating rail infrastructure, Lac Megantic, rail safety, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Tom Mulcair, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• December 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Canadian National Railway Accidents and Incidents in Northern B.C.
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Fire, Safety, Spills, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: BC Northern Health, Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, James Haggerstone, railroad fires, railway spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• September 25, 2013 •
Comments Off on More Canadian National Railway Derailments and Spills
Posted in Canadian National Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Spills
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN derailments, CN environmental impacts, deaths, Lac Megantic, railroad fires, railway spills, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• July 30, 2013 •
Comments Off on Update on Lac-Megantic Crude Oil Derailment, Spill, Explosion and Fires
Posted in Derailment, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: deadly rail disaster, environmental rail disaster, Lac Megantic, Mark Winfield, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, railway safety, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• July 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Death Toll from Crude Oil Derailment and Explosion Climbs to 38
Posted in Derailment, Fire, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: crude oil spill, deaths, derailment, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• July 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Shipping Oil by Rail is Disastrous
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Environmental impact, Olivia Chow, Safety, shipping oil by rail, Spills, Transport Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Lac Megantic, shipping oil by rail, Transport Canada
• March 13, 2012 •
Comments Off on Canadians have Reason to Fear Train Safety
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Jeff Willsie, Ontario Southern Railway, Rail and Reason, Safety, Spills, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN engineer medical records, Jeff Willsie, Ontario Southern Railway, Rail and Reason, railway industry profits, railway safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail derailment, Via Rail fuel spill, Via Rail injuries
• March 3, 2012 •
Comments Off on Another Train Disaster Just Waiting to Happen
Posted in Canada Safety Council, CP Railway, Derailment, Emile Therien, Safety, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Via Rail
Tags: Canada Safety Council, CP derailment, CP Railway, Emile Therien, railway safety, Transport Canada, Via Rail derailment
• March 1, 2012 •
Comments Off on Editorial Blames CN for Via Rail Crash
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Derailment, Emile Therien, Olivia Chow, Railway Safety Management System, Safety, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Emile Therien, lawsuit against CN, Olivia Chow, positive train control system, rail voice recorder, railway safety, Railway Safety Management System, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Via Rail deaths, Via Rail derailment, Via Rail injuries
• January 23, 2012 •
Comments Off on More CN Derailments
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CP Railway, Derailment, Deteriorating rail infrastructure, Fire, Hunter Harrison, lawsuit, Rail yard, Safety, Spills, Transport Infrastructure & Communities, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN death, CN derailments, CN explosion, CN fire, CN injury, CN Railway, CN spill, CP Railway, deteriorating rail infrastructure, Hunter Harrison, lawsuit against CN, railway safety, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• May 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on Petition to Shut Down Bretona Rail Yard
Posted in Bruce March, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Claude Mongeau, CN Railway, Conservation, Environment Canada, Gord Peters, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Landowner notification, Legislation, Leon Benoit (MP), Noise and vibration, Peter Kent, Petition, Property devaluation, Proximity, Rail yard, Rob Merrifield, Safety, Smell, Socio-economic impact, Spills, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: breach of Alberta legislation, breach of federal legislation, Bruce March, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., Claude Mongeau, CN Railway, Environment Canada, Gord Peters, Imperial Oil Ltd., landowner notification, Leon Benoit MP, Peter Kent, rail yard, rail yard health impacts, rail yard noise and vibration, rail yard property devaluation, rail yard safety, rail yard smell, rail yard socio-economic impacts, rail yard spills, Railroaded petition, Rob Merrifield, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, wildlife conservation
• April 26, 2011 •
Comments Off on Breach of Environmental Legislation – CN, Cando Contracting Ltd. and Imperial Oil
Posted in Alberta Environment, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Conservation, Environment Canada, Environmental impact, Health impact, Imperial Oil, Legislation, Leon Benoit (MP), Proximity, Rail yard, Safety, Socio-economic impact, Spills, Strathcona County, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: Alberta Environment, breach of Alberta legislation, breach of federal legislation, Bretona ConservAction Area, Bretona Pond Buck-for-Wildlife Area, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Rail, drainage pattern alteration, Environment Canada, Environmental Impact Assessment, Imperial Oil Ltd., Leon Benoit MP, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, rail yard, rail yard environmental impact, rail yard health impacts, rail yard spills, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, wildlife conservation
• February 10, 2011 •
Comments Off on Albertans Upset Over Rail Noise
Posted in Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, Health impact, Noise and vibration, Safety, Strathcona County, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: Canadian National Railway, CN Railway, CN train whistles, railway health impacts, Railway noise and vibration, railway safety, Strathcona County, Transport Canada, Wildwood Alberta
• July 28, 2010 •
Comments Off on What Do We Do Now?
Posted in Alan Dunn, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Environment Canada, Imperial Oil, Leon Benoit (MP), Rail yard, Strathcona County, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: Alan Dunn, Canadian National Railway, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Rail, Environment Canada, Imperial Oil Ltd., Leon Benoit MP, rail yard, Strathcona County, Transport Canada
• July 27, 2010 •
Comments Off on Who Gave Approval for Rail Yard?
Posted in Alan Dunn, Alberta Environment, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Transportation Agency, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Railway, Environment Canada, Imperial Oil, Landowner notification, Leon Benoit (MP), Rail yard, Strathcona County, Transport Infrastructure & Communities
Tags: Alan Dunn, Alberta Environment, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Transportation Agency, Cando Contracting Ltd., CN Rail, Environment Canada, Imperial Oil Ltd., landowner notification, Leon Benoit MP, rail yard, Strathcona County, Transport Canada
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