Winnipeg Free Press By: Greg Gormick Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder makes a stop in Havre, Mont. The recent performance by Via Rail’s Canadian between Vancouver and Winnipeg — but not between Toronto and Winnipeg via northern Ontario — on its first trip in nine months is the death rattle of Canada’s passenger trains. It needn’t be. Opinion The recent performance by Via Rail’s Canadian between Vancouver and Winnipeg — but not between Toronto and Winnipeg via northern Ontario — on its first trip in nine months is the death rattle of Canada’s passenger trains. It needn’t be.