Canadian National Railway

The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will help boost the supply of homes Canadians can afford.

The Liberals are in a make-it-or-break-it moment, following more than a year of slumping polling numbers and at most a year left before the next federal election.

Fuel rationing in parts of British Columbia was extended on Monday, November 29, 2021, for another two weeks until Dec. 14 to allow crews to bring the Trans Mountain pipeline back online after a series of devastating storms, floods and slides in the southern part of the province.

One of two rail companies with routes through Lytton, B.C., says it has resumed service after a wildfire devastated the village last week, a move one First Nations leader says he's willing to do "what's necessary" to stop.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes had to come down, the move had been decided almost two days before.

A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late on Friday, February 21, 2020, after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no plans to order the RCMP to end the blockades of vital rail links across the country.

Both of Canada's major railways are restricting permits for shipping dangerous goods after a fiery train derailment last week in Saskatchewan that spilled about 1.2 million litres of oil.

Ottawa says its ready to take ownership of the aging Quebec Bridge or pass legislation forcing the Canadian National Railway to restore the historic structure.

Canada's two largest railways are appealing Transport Minister Marc Garneau's order requiring railways to immediately use handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment in the Rocky Mountains.

A leak from a derailed train carrying oil in western Manitoba has been contained, the railway said on Saturday, February 16, 2019, but some pipeline supporters say the incident highlights the risks involved in moving oil by rail.

Canada's transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains.

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources says dozens of forest fires remain out of control, with the most pressing in the province's northeast now measuring more than 82 square kilometres.

Wildfires that levelled neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray slowed their rampage through tinder dry forest in northern Alberta on Sunday, allowing firefighters in the oilpatch city to focus on hotspots.