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MONTREAL -- Canada's railway industry is waiting for the development of better technology before installing devices in this country that could slow trains to prevent accidents like the recent Amtrak derailment that killed three people and injured dozens. Gerald Gauthier,…

TSB said that when crossing risk assessments are based only on rail accidents, the real risks to the public can be underestimated. The TSB issued Rail Safety Advisory 10/17 suggesting that Transport Canada consider including accidents that occurred in ...

In a first, small step last month, the port worked with other members of the Gateway forum — which include Transport Canada, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, TransLink and the Greater Vancouver Gateway…

Waterloo Region recently put up no-left-turn signs at the intersection because of concerns traffic could back up onto the rail crossing. - Mathew McCarthy,Record ... Transport Canada was doing some maintenance work at the railway crossing last spring, ...

That included a Transport Canada grant to cover 80 per cent of the railroad crossing costs. The city and CP Rail have jointly submitted the grant ...