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Canadian union threatens to strike against freight railroad hours after trains resume service

August 23, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

A Canadian workers union has threatened to strike against one of Canada’s two major freight railroads.

Train cars are seen on the tracks in an aerial view at Canadian National Rail's Thornton Yard as the Port Mann Bridge spans the Fraser River and trucks transport cargo containers on the highway in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada forces arbitration in freight train labor dispute, averting economic crisis

August 22, 2024 at 6:24 p.m.

The Canadian government has ordered the country's two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration.

A worker climbs aboard a locomotive at a CPKC rail yard Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Without new labor contracts, Canada’s two major freight railroads came to a full stop

August 21, 2024 at 11:46 p.m.

Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers.

Canadian Pacific (CPKC) shipping containers sit on train cars at a CPKC intermodal terminal in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. CPKC and Canadian National railroads are both in a contract dispute with the union workers. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Canadian freight trains could stop moving Thursday. If they do, many businesses will be hurt

August 20, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Businesses across a variety of industries are bracing for freight trains to stop moving Thursday at both major Canadian freight railroads if they can’t resolve a contract dispute with the...

FILE – Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto stands at first base after hitting a single during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Cincinnati, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The former NL MVP says he has agreed to a minor league contract with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. Votto, 40, became a free agent last fall after the end of a $251.5 million, 12-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds, his only team over 17 major league season. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)

Joey Votto says he has agreed to minor-league contract with hometown Toronto Blue Jays

March 8, 2024 at 1:15 p.m.

Former NL MVP Joey Votto, 40, says he has agreed to a minor league contract with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland arrives at the Office Of The United States Trade Representative in Washington, Sept. 20, 2018.

Canada foreign minister postpones U.N. speech as free trade talks with U.S. intensify

December 12, 2018 at 5:55 p.m.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland postponed her U.N. speech as free trade talks between the U.S. and Canada intensified. Freeland had been scheduled to deliver Canada's address to the...

Jean-Nicolas Guillemette, Uber Quebec's general manager, speaks at a news conference in Montreal on Tuesday. The ride-hailing company says it will cease operating in Quebec on Oct. 14 if the province doesn't rescind new rules introduced last week. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Uber says will cease operations in Quebec over new rules

June 2, 2018 at 6:50 a.m.

Uber said Tuesday it will cease operations in Quebec next month if the province doesn't rescind new rules it introduced last week.Quebec Uber boss Jean-Nicolas Guillemette said it will stop...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned Boeing to drop a complaint against Bombardier, or risk losing a Canadian defense contract.

Boeing could lose Canadian defense contract in dispute, Trudeau warns

June 2, 2018 at 10:21 a.m.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his government could stop doing business with Boeing if the U.S. company doesn't drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier. Trudeau...

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