Industrial Development 2021 -- Canadian National Railway

Our quick reference and archive of items pertaining to the growing influence of Canadian National Railways across the Northwest and on the North Coast.

CN Rail website

Transportation Safety Board of Canada Deployment Notices

For items of interest on oil or propane by rail or regarding North Coast oil terminals potentially to be served by CN see our links below:

Oil Terminal Proposals
Liquid Propane Proposals
Marine Fuel Proposals


Other items of note about Canadian National service to Prince Rupert can be found below

2021

October

October 20 -- CN Rail President and CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest to retire in January NCR

September

September 22 -- Rail Smart the theme across Canada as Rail Safety Week reaches midway point NCR

September 16 -- CN Rail fined $2.5 million for spraying pesticides near Skeena River (video)

September 16 -- Man struck by train in Terrace CN railyard

September 16 -- CN Rail fined $1.5 million in Prince Rupert court

September 16 -- Guilty plea in Prince Rupert Court brings 2.5 million dollar fine for CN Rail NCR

August

August 16 -- CN makes use of longer trains to help alleviate 'bottlenecks' at western terminals including Prince Rupert   NCR

July

July 27 -- Terrace RCMP and Coroners service investigating train incident that resulted in woman's death

July 16 -- Resource, Transportation companies look to lend hand to Wildfire Support to affected communities  NCR
July 15 -- Wildfires making for transportation delays to Port of Vancouver, with some traffic redirected to Prince Rupert   NCR

June

June 23 -- Prince Rupert owns land it thought belonged to CN Rail (audio)

June 18 -- Error found on land titles mea may assist city with noise control enforcement of industry 

June 16 -- Highlights of Terrace's inland port public hearing

June 7 -- Terrace RCMP, Coroners Service investigating train fatality 

June 3 -- A need for more dialogue the takeaway for Councillor Nick Adey following Taylor Bachrach's Town Hall on Rail Safety NCR


May

May 31 -- CN fined $100,000 for illegal spraying of herbicides near Prince Rupert (audio)

May 28 -- CN Rail to pay $100,000 for violations along the Skeena River

May 28 -- CN Rail fined $100,000 for spraying pesticide on BC track without authorization 

May 28 -- CN Rail fined $100K for spraying herbicide on tracks without clearance, damaging vegetation

May 28 -- CN Rail pleads guilty in 3017 pesticide incident, assessed 100K fine in Prince Rupert Court NCR

May 25 -- Train Safety town hall hosted by MP Taylor Bachrach

May 20 -- New round of funding for Federal Government program will help towards rail safety initiatives across Canada NCR

May 14 -- Taylor Bachrach sets date for Virtual Community Town Hall on Rail Safety. NCR

May 14 -- Next inland port public hearings set for June

May 12 -- Prince Rupert Council all aboard for rail safety

May 12 -- City Council to share info, push for collaborative effort on themes of upcoming Rail Safety Hearings NCR

May 11 -- Bachrach pushes for rail safety and wants NW voices to be heard

May 11 -- Northwest residents will have a chance to weigh in on rail safety when Committee hearings start in weeks to come  NCR

May 7 -- Federal government to hold hearings regarding rail safety
May 5 -- Bachrach on Rail Safety (video)

May 5 -- Push for study on rail safety

May 5 -- Federal transportation committee plans to hold hearings on rail safety

March

March 26 -- Taylor Bachrach continues to push for rail safety in Northwest

March 26 -- Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach raises concerns of dangerous good rail traffic across Northwest BC NCR

March 22 -- Comment Period ends tomorrow for CN Rail plans for new track construction  NCR

February

February 22 -- Federal government makes changes to improve rail safety and address concerns related to derailments  NCR

February  17 -- Rail safety concerns raised along the Northern BC rail corridor (video)

February 11 -- Are the northern BC railways getting more dangerous for communities?

January

January 28 -- Bachrach named transport critic, target air travel, rail safety and tanker moratorium

January 21 -- Northwest Environmental groups call for independent risk assessment on dangers of dangerous goods along CN Rail's Northern route  NCR
January 

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Our Archive from 2018 can be found here
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