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CN conductors ratify labour deal

An 11th-hour labour deal that averted a strike in late May by conductors and yard crews for Canadian National Railway has been ratified. Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference’s Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons union (TCRC-CTY) have voted in favour of a three-year agreement retroactive to July 23, 2016, CN said Tuesday. The deal “provides

GrainsConnect Canada, whose terminal under construction at Maymont, Sask., is shown here, plans to open an elevator at Huxley, Alta. in 2019. (GrainsConnect.com)

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GrainsConnect picks second Alberta terminal site

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 3, 2017

The joint venture between Australia’s GrainCorp and Japan’s Zen-Noh Grain is taking its Prairie grain handling model to southern Alberta. GrainsConnect Canada announced plans Thursday to build a fourth Prairie high-throughput grain terminal on Canadian National (CN) Railway track at Huxley, Alta., about 75 km southeast of Red Deer. The company — which expects to

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Deal reached to avert CN strike, union head says

By Allison Lampert, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News May 29, 2017

Montreal/Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian National Railway and a union representing 3,000 conductors on Monday reached an agreement in principle ahead of a looming strike deadline at Canada’s largest railroad, said a top union official. The union had set a strike deadline of Tuesday at 4 a.m. ET after the railroad announced new work rules

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CN’s conductors serve strike notice

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 29, 2017

The unit of the Teamsters representing Canadian National Railway’s (CN) conductors and yard operations staff has served notice that its members may be walking the line come Tuesday morning. Montreal-based CN said Saturday it had received 72-hour strike notice from the conductors’ unit of the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference (TCRC), putting the unit in strike

A CN locomotive near Jasper, Alta. (Photo courtesy CN)

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Grain handle helps CN to record first-quarter volume

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 29, 2017

Canadian National Railway reports moving more Prairie grain in its first quarter than at the same time last year, despite “more demanding winter conditions” compared to 2016. Montreal-based CN on Monday reported net earnings of $884 million on overall revenues of $3.206 billion for the quarter ending March 31 (Q1), up from $792 million on

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Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 28, 2017

An “expected sharp rise” in fuel costs in 2017 compared to 2016 may help raise the cap on how much money Canada’s big two railways can charge to move Prairie grain in 2017-18. The Canadian Transportation Agency — the tribunal which, among its other duties, sets the annual maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) on Prairie grain

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G3 to build two more Saskatchewan elevators

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 28, 2017

The grain company formerly known as CWB has picked sites and plans to start construction next month on two new grain elevators in Saskatchewan. G3 Canada on Tuesday announced it will build primary elevators about five km north of Melville on Highway 10 and seven km west of Saskatoon on Highway 14, to be ready

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Playing with trains

By Gord Gilmour February 16, 2017

With spring just around the corner, it’s becoming clear a big wreck in grain shipping is unlikely this winter. Despite a 76-million-tonne crop to move, big blizzards and those infamous periods of frigid winter temperatures, the system has held together. Mark Hemmes of grain monitor firm Quorum said in a recent article in the Co-operator

Vegreville’s giant pysanka is a well known landmark in eastern Alberta. (Vegreville.com)

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Viterra plans new eastern Alberta elevator

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 14, 2017

Glencore’s Prairie grain handling arm Viterra plans to stake a new claim in the northeastern Alberta market with a new high-throughput elevator at Vegreville. The company announced Monday it has picked up the necessary regulatory approvals and expects to start construction along Canadian National Railway (CN) track this spring. The elevator is expected to have

The Canadian Transportation Agency has been told to reconsider level-of-service complaints against CN after the original findings were struck down in court.

Cereals, News

Appeal Court reverses CTA rulings against CN

The Federal Court of Appeal says the regulatory agency made errors in assessing car shortfalls in 2014

By Alex Binkley February 13, 2017

The Federal Court of Appeal has struck down rulings by the Canadian Transportation Agency that CN breached a level-of-service obligation in early 2014. The CTA said the failure was related to supplying two Prairie grain companies with sufficient hopper cars during the frigid early months of 2014. Justice Marc Nadon ruled the CTA “made unreasonable

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CN conductors ratify labour deal

GrainsConnect picks second Alberta terminal site

Deal reached to avert CN strike, union head says

CN’s conductors serve strike notice

Grain handle helps CN to record first-quarter volume

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

G3 to build two more Saskatchewan elevators

Editorial: Playing with trains

Viterra plans new eastern Alberta elevator

Appeal Court reverses CTA rulings against CN

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