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National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways

National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways

Aug 22, 2024 | 5:57am
In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year. In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. […]

Pandemic, remote work changed Canadians’ commuting habits in 2021: StatsCan

Nov 30, 2022 | 8:31am

Statistics Canada says there were 2.8 million fewer commuters in 2021 than in 2016. In a new census release, the federal agency says COVID-19 altered commuting patterns for Canadian workers with fewer people driving, taking transit, or walking and bicycling in 2021 compared to five years before. By May 2022, the number of car commuters […]

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