Grain growers in Saskatchewan will be able to apply for permits allowing them to truck grain at “heavier-than-published” weights on provincial roads during the spring thaw period. “While we will […] Read more
Sask. to bend spring load limit rules for grain
N.B. farmer-owned Dairytown to merge into Agropur
A New Brunswick butter and powdered milk processor owned by the province’s dairy producers is set to become Agropur’s latest dairy processing play in Atlantic Canada. Agropur, the major Quebec […] Read more
Vancouver truckers reach agreement, return to work
A back-to-work rule making its way through the British Columbia legislature will be scrapped after container truckers serving Port Metro Vancouver reached an agreement Wednesday to end their work stoppage. […] Read more
CN rips feds’ planned rail interswitching expansion
Mandatory extension of rail car interswitching and tighter grain freight regulations may “placate a vocal constituency” but will do little to move more grain and may harm Canadian businesses, Canadian […] Read more
Saputo to shut two Alta. powdered milk plants
Two plants producing powdered and condensed milk in Alberta are set to close by the end of next year as Montreal dairy giant Saputo folds their operations into other facilities. […] Read more
Ottawa tightens rail service agreements, boosts rail switching range
Federal legislation tightening the terms of grain freight service agreements between shippers and railways — and allowing some captive shippers a wider radius in which to shift cars to another […] Read more
Manitoba eases spring load limits for grain trucks
Grain will be an “essential commodity” this year during Manitoba’s spring thaw, for the purposes of trucking grain on the province’s minor highways. The provincial government on Monday announced a […] Read more
Grain firms warn railways swamping ports with grain
Canada’s big two railways, under mandatory federal performance targets for grain freight, are now flooding the West Coast and Thunder Bay with grain, the Western Grain Elevator Association warns. Prairie […] Read more
B.C. introduces back-to-work law for port truckers
Legislation to buy Port Metro Vancouver 90 days of labour peace with its unionized container truckers has gone through first reading in British Columbia’s legislature. Provincial Labour Minister Shirley Bond […] Read more
Backlogs at port may short feds’ orders on grain freight: CN
Canadian National Railway (CN) reports it’s “regaining fluidity” in its rail network and approaching the federal government’s mandated targets for grain freight, but warns grain flow may soon slow if […] Read more
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