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An eastbound Canadian Pacific Railway train waits in Field, B.C., for the line to be cleared, on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it has completed its acquisition of Kansas City Southern and placed shares of the U.S. railway in a voting trust while the U.S. Surface Transportation Board reviews the deal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canadian Pacific closes Kansas City Southern acquisition deal, shares placed in trust

Canadian Pacific closes Kansas City Southern acquisition deal, shares placed in trust

 

A Canadian Pacific Rail maintenance worker climbs onto a locomotive at the company's Port Coquitlam yard east of Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday May 23, 2012. Canada's two largest railways are facing service disruptions following mudslides that have wiped out tracks in British Columbia and caused at least one partial derailment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Heavy rains, mudslides cause railway service disruptions in B.C.

Heavy rains, mudslides cause railway service disruptions in B.C.

 

A Canadian Pacific Rail train hauling grain passes through Calgary, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Canada's two largest railways may run out of grain to move and face a revenue challenge in the coming year because of an expected 37 per cent decrease in the domestic grain crop due to drought conditions across the Prairies, says an industry analyst. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canadian railways could run out of grain to transport due to drought: analyst

Canadian railways could run out of grain to transport due to drought: analyst

 

The Canadian Pacific Rail headquarters are shown in Calgary, Thursday, May 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

CP lays out timeline for KCS merger; shareholders to vote in December

CP lays out timeline for KCS merger; shareholders to vote in December

The Canadian Pacific Rail headquarters are shown in Calgary, Thursday, May 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CN Rail locomotives are moved on tracks past cargo containers sitting on idle train cars at port in Vancouver, on Friday, February 21, 2020. Canadian National Railway Co. says it is dropping its takeover offer for Kansas City Southern. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

CP to acquire Kansas City Southern in US$31B deal after CN drops bid

CP to acquire Kansas City Southern in US$31B deal after CN drops bid

CN Rail locomotives are moved on tracks past cargo containers sitting on idle train cars at port in Vancouver, on Friday, February 21, 2020. Canadian National Railway Co. says it is dropping its takeover offer for Kansas City Southern. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
 A Canadian Pacific Railway employee walks along the side of a locomotive in a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The board of Kansas City Southern has ruled that a takeover offer from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is a superior proposal to its agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Activist investor TCI pushes for board changes at CN Rail after KSC favours CP Rail

Activist investor TCI pushes for board changes at CN Rail after KSC favours CP Rail

 A Canadian Pacific Railway employee walks along the side of a locomotive in a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The board of Kansas City Southern has ruled that a takeover offer from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is a superior proposal to its agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A CN Rail diesel–electric locomotive moves through the rail yard in Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, March 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

CP Rail reaffirms interest in KCS after U.S. regulator rejects CN’s trust proposal

CP Rail reaffirms interest in KCS after U.S. regulator rejects CN’s trust proposal

A CN Rail diesel–electric locomotive moves through the rail yard in Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, March 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
A Kansas City Southern locomotive is shown in this undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kansas City Southern MANDATORY CREDIT

CN plan to acquire KCS up in the air after U.S. regulator rejects voting trust

CN plan to acquire KCS up in the air after U.S. regulator rejects voting trust

A Kansas City Southern locomotive is shown in this undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kansas City Southern MANDATORY CREDIT
A Kansas City Southern locomotive is shown in an undated photo. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is making a new takeover offer for Kansas City Southern that values the U.S. railway at US$31 billion.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kansas City Southern

Canadian Pacific Railway makes new bid for Kansas City Southern valued at US$31B

New bid comes ahead of a vote on Aug. 19

A Kansas City Southern locomotive is shown in an undated photo. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is making a new takeover offer for Kansas City Southern that values the U.S. railway at US$31 billion.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kansas City Southern
Photos and flowers can be found at a memorial at the fatal Wetaskiwin-area rail crossing. (Photo by Shaela Dansereau/Pipestone Flyer staff)

Two women dead: Memorials set up for victims of railway crashes in central Alberta

Two women died at two separate railway crossings since Sunday

Photos and flowers can be found at a memorial at the fatal Wetaskiwin-area rail crossing. (Photo by Shaela Dansereau/Pipestone Flyer staff)
Lacombe Days is back, and runs July 23 to 25. (File photo by Black Press news services)

Get ready to celebrate the summer at Lacombe Days

Lacombe puts out the welcome mat

Lacombe Days is back, and runs July 23 to 25. (File photo by Black Press news services)
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra speaks at a press conference with Ottawa South MP David McGuinty looking on at the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport on June 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Kawai

Feds to begin talks on high frequency rail with Indigenous groups, private sector

Feds to begin talks on high frequency rail with Indigenous groups, private sector

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra speaks at a press conference with Ottawa South MP David McGuinty looking on at the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport on June 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Kawai
Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport, is pictured on a TV monitor as he holds a virtual press conference in Ottawa on June 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Ottawa to launch procurement for high frequency rail between Quebec City, Toronto

Will increase rail speed up to 200 kilometres an hour

Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport, is pictured on a TV monitor as he holds a virtual press conference in Ottawa on June 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2004 file photo, the logo of Kansas City Southern is down on a restored 1954 Kansas City Southern passenger locomotive at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Kansas City Star via AP-Norman Ng

STB receives hundreds of comments about CN voting trust for U.S. railway by deadline

STB receives hundreds of comments about CN voting trust for U.S. railway by deadline

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2004 file photo, the logo of Kansas City Southern is down on a restored 1954 Kansas City Southern passenger locomotive at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Kansas City Star via AP-Norman Ng
In this Nov. 5, 2004 file photo, the logo of Kansas City Southern is down on a restored 1954 Kansas City Southern passenger locomotive at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Norman Ng/The Kansas City Star via AP

CN and KCS reach merger deal while CP Rail still seeks regulatory OK as backup

CN and KCS reach merger deal while CP Rail still seeks regulatory OK as backup

In this Nov. 5, 2004 file photo, the logo of Kansas City Southern is down on a restored 1954 Kansas City Southern passenger locomotive at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Norman Ng/The Kansas City Star via AP
Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives are shuffled around a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Canadian Pacific Railway has a big decision to make after rival CN Rail amended its bid to win favour from Kansas City Southern. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

CP Rail stands by bid for KCS as U.S. Justice Department opposes CN voting trust

CP Rail stands by bid for KCS as U.S. Justice Department opposes CN voting trust

Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives are shuffled around a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Canadian Pacific Railway has a big decision to make after rival CN Rail amended its bid to win favour from Kansas City Southern. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Cancelled rail arrivals and departures are listed on the board at Central Station in Montreal, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Via Rail unionized employees will receive a two per cent wage increase this year after ratifying two-year tentative agreements. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Via Rail workers to get two per cent wage increase after ratifying two-year contract

Negotiations put off due to the COVID-19 outbreak

Cancelled rail arrivals and departures are listed on the board at Central Station in Montreal, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Via Rail unionized employees will receive a two per cent wage increase this year after ratifying two-year tentative agreements. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
CN Rail President and CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest speaks during a business luncheon in Montreal on April 25, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

More CN layoffs only if business slows dramatically during second wave, says CEO

More CN layoffs only if business slows dramatically during second wave, says CEO

CN Rail President and CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest speaks during a business luncheon in Montreal on April 25, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
CP Rail locomotives sit idle at the company's Port Coquitlam yard east of Vancouver, B.C., on May 23, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canadian Pacific Railway reports Q3 revenue and profit down from year ago

Canadian Pacific Railway reports Q3 revenue and profit down from year ago

CP Rail locomotives sit idle at the company's Port Coquitlam yard east of Vancouver, B.C., on May 23, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Transport Minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident

Transport Minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident

Transport Minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident

Transport Minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident