VIA Rail

• Fence-posts, rocks thrown onto railway tracks near Port Hope: Northumberland OPP

  Police say officers were dispatched after a resident reported seeing youth on a bridge tossing objects at passing trains underneath.

  Crime

  Apr 21
• Federal budget earmarks money for next steps in high-frequency rail project through Peterborough

  The federal budget is proposing $491.2 million over six years to VIA Rail for infrastructure investments to support its high-frequency rail project from Toronto to Quebec City.

  Economy

  Apr 20
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• Peterborough County council urges federal transport minister to back Via Rail high-frequency project

  Peterborough County council voted to send a letter calling on federal transport minister Omar Alghabra to back the $4.4-billion Via Rail High-Frequency line proposal.

  Economy

  Feb 18
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• VIA Rail opens route from Winnipeg to Vancouver amid coronavirus

  VIA Rail says it is reopening train travel between Winnipeg and Vancouver with one round-trip per week starting Friday.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2020
• Can’t wear a mask? Why demands for medical proof have experts worried

  'People can have a number of reasons to be exempted from masks, but sorting out who is eligible is tricky,' said one expert.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2020
• Via Rail terror case: Jury error does not warrant new trial, Crown argues

  Federal lawyers are telling the Supreme Court of Canada it would be a miscarriage of justice to grant a new trial to two men accused of plotting to crash a Via Rail train.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2020
• Federal safety board releases report on 2019 derailment in New Brunswick

  The report’s findings state that no on-board derailment detection systems are currently in use in Canada.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2020
• Man in stable condition after overnight assault in Winnipeg

  An investigation is ongoing after an assault near the Canadian Museum for Human Rights sent one man to hospital.

  Crime

  Sep 6, 2020
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• Via Rail announces ‘biggest addition’ of trains to Ontario, Quebec service amid COVID-19

  Via Rail had some good news for travellers on Thursday as they announced the gradual increase of service on the Quebec-Montreal-Ottawa route as of Sept. 1.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2020
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• Manitoba passenger train derailment caused by track defects, safety board says

  Safety board investigators examined more than two metres of CN track that were recovered from the scene near the community of MacGregor, about 120 kilometres west of Winnipeg.

  Aug 13, 2020