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CN Grain Revenue Over Cap: CTA

The Canadian Transportation Agency ruled Dec. 31 that Canadian National Railway (CN) earned too much money from hauling grain in the 2008-09 crop year and ordered it to hand over more than $700,000. Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), meanwhile, did not exceed the government’s grain revenue cap, the CTA said.CN’s grain revenue of $479,788,412 was $683,269,
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CN Rail, Union Seek Arbitration After Talks Fail

Canadian National Railway Co. and the union represent ing 1,700 locomotive engineers will submit unresolved wage and benefits issues to binding arbitration after talks failed to yield a deal, the company said Dec. 13. Canada’s largest railway resumed labour talks with the Teamsters union on Dec. 3 after a brief strike. The company and union
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Canada Grain Farmers Sue Railways

A small group of Western Canada farmers is suing the country’s two big railways, alleging they have been charged at least $1 billion too much for grain shipments since 1983. The five grain producers filed the class-action lawsuit against Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. in a Saskatchewan court on Oct. 15,
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Rail Service Review Enters Next Phase

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“Either we have adequate competition or, where we don’t have adequate competition… we need effective legislation to simulate this balance.” – WADE SOBKOWICH Farm groups, grain companies and railway shippers are pleased a federal government review of railway service has taken another step forward. Rob Merrifield, minister of state for transport announced Sept. 23 the
Cereals, Opinion

Saving Manitoba’s Rural Infrastructure

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It seems every time you turn around, rural Manitoba loses another piece of grain-handling or transportation infrastructure. Arborg saw the loss of the Viterra elevator in April, and as of Sept. 12, Canadian National Railway (CN) will no longer deliver producer cars to nine of its loading sites. The future of these sites is still
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Ottawa Responds To Producer Car Shippers

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“If you don’t have sidings, you effectively sterilize the right to load producer cars.” – terry boehm The Canadian National Railway (CN) should work with farmers before abandoning sidings used to load producer cars, says Rob Merrifield, Minister of state for transport. “The minister is disappointed that CN is only using the bare minimum of
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CPR’s Revenue Cap Overage Reduced Due To Court Ruling

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Although the WGRF regrets the loss of any revenue, it knows overages it collects from the railways is farmers’ money. Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) didn’t overcharge western farmers for hauling their grain during the 2007-08 crop year by quite as much as first determined by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). As a result, the Western
Cereals, Crops

Grain Freight Charges Should Drop Next Crop… In Theory

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Western farmers, on average, should pay 7.4 per cent less to move their grain to export in the 2009-10 crop year that starts Aug. 1 due mainly to lower railway fuel costs, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced April 30. Assuming normal grain-shipping volumes, farmers collectively should, on average, pay $28.41 a tonne to ship
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Flooding Reroutes Trains

The risk of flooding along the Red River has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute shipments, including grain, that normally flow from Canada into North Dakota. Starting April 3, CPR was rerouting trains from Winnipeg west to Saskatchewan and into North Dakota, said Mike LoVecchio, spokesman for the railway. The change adds “a large detour”
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CTA Ruling Helps Maintain Rail Competition Near Winnipeg

Paterson Grain has won its fight to continue being served directly by the American-based BNSF Railway Company (BN) at its Lilyfield elevator near Winnipeg. Feb. 9 the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled against Canadian National Railway Company’s (CN) efforts to block BN’s access via a rail car interchange with CN. “This upholds the rights we

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