Posts Tagged ‘via rail’

Could VIA Plans Spark Renaissance for Passenger Rail? (Version française inclu)

Could VIA Plans Spark Renaissance for Passenger Rail? (Version française inclu)

Via Rail’s proposal to create a dedicated passenger rail line from Windsor to Quebec City is encouraging for proponents of passenger rail.  For those looking to bring back services in Ontario’s north, the encouragement is tempered with some disappointment. That’s because, although the idea [Read more]

Letter to the Editor : CN Management of ACR Leaving Northerners & Tourists Unable To Winterize?

Letter to the Editor : CN Management of ACR Leaving Northerners & Tourists Unable To Winterize?

Profit Motive Will Be CN’S Epitaph The announcement by CN Rail not to operate a special passenger train service along the Algoma Central Railway (ACR) to help property owners winterize their dwellings from damage, nor to permit a one-off hi-rail vehicle on the line for the same purpose, shows [Read more]

Restoring VIA Rail and Creating National Transportation Strategy

Restoring VIA Rail and Creating National Transportation Strategy

THUNDER BAY, ON – Today at a press conference in Thunder Bay, Bruce Hyer, current incumbent in Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and current incumbent in Saanich-Gulf Islands, discussed the [Read more]

UPDATE: Industrial Road Manitouwadge-Greenstone — (Incl. Petition Circulating for Limited Time)

UPDATE: Industrial Road Manitouwadge-Greenstone — (Incl. Petition Circulating for Limited Time)

  NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – A petition demanding action from government representatives (partial image above),  in regards to maintenance of the Industrial Road connecting Manitouwage to the Municipality of Greenstone, providing access from Manitouwadge to Hillsport (and vice-versa),  and [Read more]

HYER AND TRANSPORT ACTION’S GORMICK RELEASE REPORT ON RAIL RENAISSANCE ALONG NORTH SHORE

HYER AND TRANSPORT ACTION’S GORMICK RELEASE REPORT ON RAIL RENAISSANCE ALONG NORTH SHORE

“National Dream Renewed” Initiative Pushes for Return of Passenger Rail to Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY, ON – Thunder Bay–Superior North MP Bruce Hyer and Greg Gormick, Project Facilitator for Transport Action’s National Dream Renewed campaign, released Hyer’s Independent Members’ [Read more]

VIA RAIL BUDGET TO BE SLASHED IN HALF

VIA RAIL BUDGET TO BE SLASHED IN HALF

Estimates introduced in House of Commons show 62% reduction from 2011-2012 OTTAWA, ON — Budget Estimates tabled in Parliament by the Harper Government show a drastic budget reduction in the country’s passenger rail operator, cuts that will inevitably impact passenger rail service coast to [Read more]

POOHFEST in Top 100 provincially!

POOHFEST in Top 100 provincially!

Poohfest Recognized in Top 100 Each year, Festivals & Events Ontario recognizes and celebrates the many top-notch festivals and events our province currently enjoys through the annual Top 100 Ontario Festivals program (formerly the Top 50). The Top 100 Ontario Festivals program acknowledges [Read more]

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