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Via Rail will ‘not shy away’ from responsibilities after passengers stranded during holidays, CEO tells MPs
Martin R. Landry, Interim President and CEO of Via Rail, prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Via Rail’s holiday meltdown shows Canada’s railway policy has utterly failed us
Willem Klumpenhouwer
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Unifor issues strike notice at Via Rail, workers could be off Monday
A new Via Rail train sits on display at the train station in Ottawa on November 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Pair convicted in Via Rail terror case received fair trial, Supreme Court says
Chiheb Esseghaier, left and Raed Jaser appear in a March 5, 2015, court sketch.
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The Canadian is coming back – here’s why everyone should take the train
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No new trial for two men convicted in Via Rail terror case, Supreme Court says
Artist sketches of Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, are shown.Two men found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train are asking Ontario's highest court to grant them a new trial, arguing the jury that convicted them was improperly selected. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tammy Hoy, John Mantha
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Travel news: Planes, trains, museum exhibitions and the Virtual Travel and Leisure Show
A Via Rail train sits at Dorval station in Montreal on June 25, 2019.
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Track defects likely caused 2019 VIA train derailment in Manitoba, TSB says
A derailed VIA passenger train is seen near Katrime, Man., is a Dec. 31, 2019, handout photo.
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Via Rail announces 1,000 temporary layoffs as coronavirus hampers travel
A Via Rail train heading to Toronto is seen at the Dorval station in Montreal on June 25, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
politics
Infrastructure bank says it’s making progress on new rail line planning
A Via Rail train heading to Toronto is seen at the Dorval station Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Montreal. Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing $71 million to Via Rail to help it in its plan to build dedicated tracks for faster, more frequent service in Ontario and Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Via Rail to require passengers to wear face masks as of Tuesday
People make their way through Union Station in Toronto as the departure display for Via Rail show all trains have been cancelled on February 13, 2020.
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Police clear Tyendinaga Mohawks’ camp, ending blockade that paralyzed rail traffic
OPP officers take a man into custody as officers moved in to dismantle First Nations members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory's camp next to a railway crossing, in support of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who are trying to stop the construction of British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline, in Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on Monday, February 24, 2020. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
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CN shuts Eastern Canada train lines, Via Rail halts passenger service amid pipeline protests
A train blockade in Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ont., is seen on Feb. 13, 2020. At least 42,000 Via Rail passengers had their travel disrupted in the week after the blockade started cancelling trains in the Montreal-Toronto-Ottawa triangle.
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CN Rail to shut ‘significant’ sections of track if Coastal GasLink pipeline protests continue
A First Nations protester stands in front of a transport in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 11, 2020, in support of Wet'suwet'en's blockade of a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.
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Two men accused in Via Rail terror plot choose retrial by judge alone
In an artist's sketch, Chiheb Esseghaier, left, and Raed Jaser appear in court, in Toronto, on March 5, 2015.
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Canada Infrastructure Bank executive Nicholas Hann resigns amid growing industry frustration with pace of project approvals
Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne, right, looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks out toward the St. Lawerence River during a tour of the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal on June 23, 2019.
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Morning Update: Search for B.C. fugitives moves to York Landing; Ontario reverses course on autism funding after backlash
An RCMP plane loads up at the Gillam, Manitoba airport around 7:00pm after reports of a sighting of the two murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19 at York Landing, Manitoba. Police did not confirm the sighting but said they are sending significant resources to the area. They are suspects in the deaths of American Chynna Deese, her Australian boyfriend Lucas Fowler and Leonard Dyck in northern B.C. The pair were last seen July 22nd in Gillam, Manitoba, about 700 km north of Winnipeg. July 28, 2019 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
politics
Canada Infrastructure Bank not seeking to blacklist reporters, official says
Pierre Lavallée, President and CEO of Canada Infrastructure Bank
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Canada Infrastructure Bank to work with Via Rail on high-frequency passenger rail plan
An engineer disembarks the engine as passengers move towards the arriving VIA train to Toronto, at the Dorval Station in Montreal, on July 26, 2009.