SASKATOON — Grain movement has been on track this crop year despite some challenges, but it hasn’t been as good as last year, according to Canada’s grain monitor. “There has been so much stuff that has happened this year that has confounded the movement,” said Quorum Corp. president Mark Hemmes. The first challenge was the […] Read more
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Grain movement looks good but faces challenges
Lower crop prices slowed deliveries at the beginning of the 2023-24 year, while railways struggled with labour issues
Rail interswitch plan needs investment
Neither the railways nor grain shippers are happy with the federal proposal to temporarily expand the availability of regulated interswitching between Canada’s two national railways — but for different reasons. The Railway Association of Canada says extending the statutory zone in which a carrier must pick up a shipper’s cars and deliver them to a […] Read more
Two derailments close roads in Sask., Alta.
There was a long screeching sound followed by a series of bangs. “It was that boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, in rapid succession and then dead silence,” said Dayna Anderson, deputy mayor of Craven, Sask., about 30 kilometres northwest of Regina. “It was the type of loud noise you feel in […] Read more
