Wage and scheduling negotiations between CN, CPKC and the union representing 9,300 conductors, engineers and rail yard workers have been going on for months.
"Trade infrastructure is vital to the health and success of the business community in Calgary and across Alberta and Canada," said Deborah Yedlin, president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. "Canada’s rail systems are essential to nearly every sector of our national economy, and especially so as we approach the critical harvest and food distribution season," noted the association’s president Adam Legge in a news release.
The companies say the embargo list will expand over the coming days to ensure no dangerous items are left stranded if a work stoppage were to happen.Jasper council told wildfire caused $283M in lost property valueSome people in Innisfail, Alta., angry over planned new CO2 capture facilityTwo men across the Greater Toronto Area are speaking out after they said they lost thousands of dollars on vacation in Mexico.
A Nova Scotia resident has been given an award for his selfless actions during a tragedy earlier this year on the other side of the country.Typically, late August is a quiet time in B.C. politics as the parties and their supporters rest up before diving into election mode ahead of voting day in October, so BC United raised eyebrows when they made a bombshell policy announcement in Victoria Tuesday.A woman whose corgi was attacked by a pit bull in a Coquitlam, B.C.