Insurance claims being made after crops were damaged by hail
Insurance claims have been made over the past week following storms that brought hail, causing varying degrees of crop damage. Ag Direct Hail Insurance is one of those companies that have been busy. Executive Vice President of Ag Direct Bruce…
Railways back on track, but dispute may be far from over
After a series of twists and turns, Canadian rail service is back on track Monday morning. The Canada Industrial Relations Board issued a ruling late Saturday afternoon, indicating it could not go against a request from the federal labor minister…
Rail Service For Grain Deliveries Dropped in Week 2: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 73% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 2, a very modest improvement from the 72% order fulfillment performance seen in week 1. In supplying 84% of cars ordered by shippers in week…
TCRC issues strike notice to CN Rail, challenge Minister’s directive for binding arbitration
The federal government’s plan to get Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) workers back to work could go off the rails. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents 93-hundred employees of CPKC and CN,…