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Railway performance sagging

Railway performance sagging

Feb 13, 2025 | 2:31pm
Both major railways are struggling to move grain in a timely fashion. According to the Ag Transport Coalition, CPKC was the first to see badly lagging performance, but CN has now joined the downward swing. The railways recovered from the brief labour disruption in August and movement was pretty good until November. However, starting in […]
CN reaches tentative agreement with signals and communication workers, averts strike

CN reaches tentative agreement with signals and communication workers, averts strike

Jan 28, 2025 | 4:04pm
Canadian National Railway Co. says it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing about 750 signals and communication employees across Canada. The railway had faced a potential strike today by the workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers. Details of the tentative four-year agreement, which still must be ratified, were not […]
CN Rail signal union issues 72-hour strike notice

CN Rail signal union issues 72-hour strike notice

Jan 26, 2025 | 8:16am
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says it has given Canadian National Railway a 72-hour strike notice. The union represents about 750 employees at CN who work in signals and communications. It says that barring a negotiated settlement, the union will be on strike as of the start of Tuesday, Jan. 28.  A statement from CN says it is […]
Provincial Agriculture Minister Harrison reflects on issues faced by the ag sector in 2024

Provincial Agriculture Minister Harrison reflects on issues faced by the ag sector in 2024

Dec 23, 2024 | 7:20pm
While the new Provincial Agriculture Minister has only been in the role since early-November, there was plenty to do and plenty to talk about. Following the Provincial Election on October 28, Daryl Harrison was chosen by Premier Scott Moe to be the Agriculture Minister on November 7 – Harrison’s first Cabinet position. Harrison had experience […]
More collaboration the main focus of new APAS President Bill Prybylski

More collaboration the main focus of new APAS President Bill Prybylski

Dec 5, 2024 | 6:40pm
Members of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) elected a new president during this week’s Annual General Meeting at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. Bill Prybylski, who farms west of Yorkton and was the Vice-President of APAS for six years, takes over from Ian Boxall, who decided not to seek another term. Joining […]
AGT Foods sells short-line and bulk handling infrastructure to “continue to invest in our global supply chain”

AGT Foods sells short-line and bulk handling infrastructure to “continue to invest in our global supply chain”

Nov 25, 2024 | 8:53pm
Regina-based AGT Food and Ingredients has sold its short-line and bulk handling infrastructure to an American asset management firm called GCM Grosvenor. A news release from AGT notes the sale includes the following: “MobilGrain and its operating subsidiaries – Last Mountain Rail, with 140 kms (87 miles) running from the Regina Plains to Central Saskatchewan, […]
Op-Ed: The Great Train Robbery

Op-Ed: The Great Train Robbery

Nov 1, 2024 | 8:44am
November 7, 1885, a historic day in Canada’s economic development with the momentous completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), marked by the driving of the last spike. This pivotal event not only symbolized the physical unification of the country but also ignited a tradition of profitable railways lobbying for governmental support that has persisted […]
One person dead, following tractor crash that caused train derailment

One person dead, following tractor crash that caused train derailment

Oct 16, 2024 | 6:52pm
A Saskatchewan man driving a tractor has died after a collision near the province’s boundary with Manitoba that caused several train cars to derail. RCMP say they responded to the scene at a rail crossing north of Gerald, Sask., a village 250 kilometres east of Regina, where several train cars went off the tracks.  Mounties say no […]
CN Rail President and CEO In Regina for the Hill Business School Dinner.

CN Rail President and CEO In Regina for the Hill Business School Dinner.

Oct 9, 2024 | 11:39am
Tracy Robinson, the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, is making a visit to Regina, and its a homecoming of sorts. Robinson was born in Bethune, and went to Lumsden High School. After attending USask in Saskatoon, Robinson began work with what was then, Canadian Pacific Rail. After working with TC Pipeline, she returned […]

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