CP Rail trains could stop rolling across the country early Sunday morning and that would be yet another blow to farmers in Canada’s western provinces. About 3,000 rail workers have served notice that they plan to go out on strike, hours after the railways said it was prepared to lock them out. After battling drought and fires in last year’s growing season and facing more cost increases on feed and fertilizers amid supply chain strains and the war in Ukraine, farmers say they’re extremely concerned.
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