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New York Consul General Blames CP Rail for Wildfire That Destroyed Lytton, BC, in 2021

July 21, 2023
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New York Consul General Tom Clark says Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is to blame for a wildfire that burned the town of Lytton, B.C., to the ground in 2021. “In British Columbia there was a town called Lytton, and a train went through and sparks came off the rails,” said Clark in a July 14…

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Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture

March 20, 2022
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DETROIT—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…

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Government Wants Quick Resolution to CP Rail Work Stoppage, Labour Minister Says

March 20, 2022
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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. But O’Regan was not ready to discuss the possibility of back to work legislation being tabled when the House of Commons resumes…

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Lawsuit Claims CN, CP Railways at Fault for Sparking Fire That Wiped out B.C. Town

August 19, 2021
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VANCOUVER—A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways caused or contributed to the wildfire that destroyed the Village of Lytton, B.C. The B.C. Supreme Court statement of claim filed Wednesday alleges the fire was set off by heat or sparks emanating from a CP freight train operated by CN employees on tracks…

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