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Performances by musicians Sierra Noble and Kelly Prescott from a travelling stage car kept the audience warm.

PHOTOS: Holiday train rolls through Manitoba

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 13, 2018

The CP Holiday Train is celebrating its 20th season this year, and stops in Whitemouth, Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Carberry, Brandon and Virden between Dec. 3 and 5. Dec. 4 the rolling party was in Brandon and photographer Sandy Black stopped by to capture a few images. There was a half-hour musical performance and local

Canadian Pacific is promising slow and steady growth in its grain-hauling capacity.

News, Other

CP’s new grain VP walked in grain shippers’ shoes

Joan Hardy was in charge of grain transportation at Richardson International before becoming a senior railway executive

By Allan Dawson September 18, 2018

Joan Hardy knows how vital reliable rail service is to grain shippers because she’s been one. Hardy, who became CP Rail’s vice-president of sales and marketing for grain and fertilizer April 1, was for 12 years before that Richardson International’s vice-president of transportation. Before that she worked 21 years for CN Rail, in various roles,

CP's CEO said it will not sign a bad agreement that threatens the company’s long-term profitability.

News, Other

Pending CP Rail strike bad news for Manitoba farmers

The railway supplies most rail cars in  the province

By Allan Dawson April 26, 2018

A pending strike at CP Rail will hit Manitoba farmers especially hard, says Dan Mazier, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). “Sixty-two per cent of all Manitoba car orders are with CP,” Mazier said in an interview April 23. In Manitoba there are 50 and 29 grain elevators on CP and CN Rail lines,

Cereals, Opinion, Other

Bill C-49: Helping the railways farm the farmers

This legislation is flawed and will deregulate railways by stealth

By Ken Larsen March 26, 2018

Here we go again! Some Prairie farmers cannot ship their grain. Grain companies and their friends are blaming the railways for not getting the grain to port. After months of railway lobbying, the federal government is pushing new transportation legislation, claiming Bill C-49 will punish the railways for neglecting grain shipments. Yet this legislation effectively

Grain movement is already prompting some concerns this season, with a larger-than-average crop in the bin.

Crops, News

Unexpectedly big crop moving slower than last year

That worries KAP president Dan Mazier, but the WGEA and  grain monitor aren’t overly concerned — yet

By Allan Dawson October 26, 2017

Western Canada’s bigger-than-expected crop is moving to export slower than at last crop year’s record pace, and while grain companies aren’t panicking, Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) president Dan Mazier says it’s costing farmers. “It may not be a crisis, but it’s still taking money out of farmers’ pocket,” Mazier said in an interview Oct. 20.

Cereals

CP says its grain movement to Vancouver is its best-ever last month

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 8, 2016

Canadian Pacific Rail says its western grain movements in October were its best ever despite dealing with a weather-delayed harvest. A record 15,865 carloads were moved to West Coast ports in October, besting the previous record of 15,449 carloads in March 2016. Total Western Canadian grain movements in the month climbed 3.9 per cent over

Crops, News

Railways say they’re ready to move grain

A late start to the shipping season, big crop and the forecast for a  harsh winter are combining to challenge the railway

By Allan Dawson November 1, 2016

Canada’s railways are still ready to move Western Canada’s grain crop despite forecasts for a harsh winter. Poor weather has delayed harvest in parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta, resulting in a slow start to the 2016-17 shipping season, but grain companies and the railways are still expecting farmers will harvest in the low- to mid-70-million-tonne

Crops, News

Room for improvement, says railway report card

Data collected for the Ag Transport Coalition says the railways deliver most of the cars grain shippers order but many arrive late

By Allan Dawson September 8, 2015

Railway service for Western Canada’s grain shippers was “highly variable and timeliness of delivery was an issue,” in the 2014-15 crop year that ended July 31, the Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) said in a news release Aug. 15. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) supplied shippers with 69 and 43

Crops, News

CP Rail says it’s ready to move this year’s crop to market

The company is investing billions to move even more grain as western Canadian production continues to increase

By Allan Dawson August 13, 2015

A senior executive with CP Rail says the company is “well positioned” to move this year’s grain crop despite recent cutbacks in staff and locomotives. Grain is, was and will continue to be Canadian Pacific Railway’s biggest cargo, John Brooks, vice-president of sales and marketing for bulk commodities, said in an interview Aug. 6. And

Cereals, News

How are the railways doing? Depends on whom you ask

Grain companies deny the railway allegation  of ordering ‘phantom’ cars

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2015

The railways are moving more grain than during the same period a year ago, but whether shippers’ needs are being met depends on whom you talk to. “Contrary to claims recently made by the new Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) that CN is somehow failing to meet demand, we know we’re responding very efficiently to all

Daily Network News

Feed grains: Australia looking at another large barley export program

Lending policy still focused on primary producers: FCC

Brazil to reap record soy crop in 2025/2026, increase exports

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PHOTOS: Holiday train rolls through Manitoba

CP’s new grain VP walked in grain shippers’ shoes

Pending CP Rail strike bad news for Manitoba farmers

Bill C-49: Helping the railways farm the farmers

Unexpectedly big crop moving slower than last year

CP says its grain movement to Vancouver is its best-ever last month

Railways say they’re ready to move grain

Room for improvement, says railway report card

CP Rail says it’s ready to move this year’s crop to market

How are the railways doing? Depends on whom you ask

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