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China’s virus crisis hits global flows of letters, parcels
PARIS — Postal operators in the United States, China and elsewhere say the suspension of flights to slow the spread of a deadly…
‘Oil is going to move:’ Calls for pipelines after fiery train derailment
GUERNSEY, Sask. — The reeve of a Saskatchewan municipality where a second fiery train derailment has occurred in less than two…
Transportation board investigation into BC derailment enters next phase
CALGARY — The Transportation Safety Board says a year after a fatal train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary,…
Quebec premier says returns will fly high with $30 million airship investment
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault is dismissing naysayers who are accusing his government of wasting $30 million on a…
Shipping crude oil through Manitoba has been floated, rejected before
WINNIPEG — There's renewed talk of transporting western oil through the northern Manitoba port in Churchill, but any such project…
Port of Toronto moves 2.3 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2019
TORONTO — It was a record year for the Port of Toronto which moved 2.3 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2019, marking the highest…
Easing trade tensions bode well for emerging market stocks
LOS ANGELES — Several factors are pointing to a possible rebound in emerging market stocks this year.
Stocks in China and other…
China’s 2019 economic growth weakens amid trade war
BEIJING — China's economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in 2019 as Beijing fought a tariff war with Washington, but…
CSX profit declines as railroad hauls less freight
OMAHA, Neb. — CSX said its profit declined 9 per cent in the fourth quarter as the railroad hauled 7 per cent less freight.…
A family affair
From the December 2019 print edition
Quite possibly, the transportation business has worked its way into Adam Pernasilici’s…
Freight train carrying wood pellets derails in northwest B.C.; no injuries reported
KITWANGA, B.C. — Canadian National Railway Co. says a freight train carrying wood pellets derailed in northwest British Columbia…
CP and CN Rail move record 15.4 million tonnes grain
CALGARY — Canada's two largest railways moved a record 15.4 million tonnes of grain in the final three months of 2019.…