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Man killed in Saskatchewan train car accident
May 27, 2022 The Canadian PressEDGELEY, Sask. – A Saskatchewan man is dead after the road maintenance vehicle he was driving collided with a train on Thursday afternoon. It happened about three kilometres west of Edgeley, Sask. at a level crossing around 12 p.m. Thursday…
Defendants deny claims of wrongdoing in fatal B.C. train derailment lawsuits
April 7, 2022 Alanna Smith - THE CANADIAN PRESSDefendants in lawsuits filed by families who lost loved ones in a British Columbia train derailment are denying any wrongdoing in the deaths of three Canadian Pacific Railway employees. The derailment happened on Feb. 4, 2019, when 99 grain cars…
TSB says brake failure, cold weather led to deadly train derailment
March 31, 2022 The Canadian PressCALGARY – An investigation into a fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary has found the locomotive’s brakes failed with prolonged exposure to cold temperatures. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday released its findings into the February…
Off the rails again: Ottawa’s troublesome trains keep jumping the tracks
October 4, 2021 Laura Osman - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – The gravel strewn across the bike path was the first sign of trouble. Ottawa resident Steven Grant was out for a ride on Sept. 19 when he noticed an LRT train stopped in the middle of the tracks.…
Track failure led to train derailment in northern B.C.: safety board
November 5, 2020 The Canadian PressRICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says a track failure contributed to the derailment of a freight train in northern British Columbia in January. No one was hurt when 34 cars carrying wood pellets on the Canadian National Railway…
Ottawa eases speed restrictions imposed after Saskatchewan derailment
February 18, 2020 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – Transport Minister Marc Garneau is easing speed restrictions placed on certain trains following a derailment in Saskatchewan earlier this month that spilled 1.2 million litres of crude oil and started a massive fire. Garneau says the move is…
Transportation minister orders speed restrictions after fiery derailment
February 6, 2020 The Canadian PressGUERNSEY, Sask. – Transportation Minister Marc Garneau has announced speed restrictions on trains carrying dangerous goods after a derailment in Saskatchewan caused a dozen tankers carrying crude oil to catch fire. Garneau says the ministerial order will come into effect…
Last tanker cars to be removed from site of derailment in Saskatchewan
December 23, 2019 The Canadian PressLANIGAN, Sask. – Canadian Pacific Railway says it expects the last of its damaged cars will be removed by the end of the week from the site of a fiery derailment in Saskatchewan. It also says in an email that…
Crews still battling fire from Saskatchewan train derailment
December 11, 2019 The Canadian PressLANIGAN, Sask. – Saskatchewan’s public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying crude oil derailed. The province says crews are taking precautions as Environment…
Train derailment sparks fire that closes highway
December 9, 2019 The Canadian PressLANIGAN, Canada – A Canadian Pacific freight train hauling crude derailed overnight sparking a fire that forced the closure of part of a major highway south of Humboldt, Sask. A release issued by the RCMP said traffic on Highway 16…
New risk management measure mandatory for all Canadian railways
February 12, 2019 Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – 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. Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the order…
Freight train involved in fatal derailment started on its own: TSB
February 6, 2019 Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain cars and two locomotives hurling off the…