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U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is wading into the volatile issue of Canadian Pacific Railway's proposed merger with the Kansas City Southern. With suburbs fearing a freight train bombardment, the railroads better rethink their plan, he warns. Sen. Dick Durbin is also raising questions.
MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a Bolton manager who drowned on the first night of a company trip to Spain.
Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 Canadian Pacific Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job…
Canadian Pacific covers much of the U.S. Midwest and is a large shipper of potash and fertilizer for agriculture. It also carries grain from the U.S. to its northern neighbor for domestic use and exports. The railroad serves the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and other states.
OTTAWA — The work stoppage at CP Rail could not have come at a worse time for Canadians and the government wants a deal to end the impasse immediately, said federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan.