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Edmonton Valley Line light rail vehicles during testing

28.08.2026

Edmonton Construction Delays Affect Two LRT Projects

Conceptual rendering of a future Ontario Line train

28.08.2026

Ontario Line trains face uncertainty over tariff costs

Aerial view of Brossard REM station

28.08.2026

REM Free Parking Spaces Grow by More Than 1,000

Edmonton Valley Line light rail vehicles during testing

28.08.2026

Edmonton Construction Delays Affect Two LRT Projects

Edmonton construction delays linked to record summer rainfall are affecting LRT projects, road upgrades and land development across the city, while the municipality faces an estimated $42 million in public-sector losses that are not expected to be covered by insurance.
Conceptual rendering of a future Ontario Line train

28.08.2026

Ontario Line trains face uncertainty over tariff costs

Ontario Line trains ordered by the provincial government could become more expensive if Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.
Aerial view of Brossard REM station

28.08.2026

REM Free Parking Spaces Grow by More Than 1,000

REM free parking spaces are being expanded by converting more than 1,000 paid spaces following a review of actual parking usage conducted more than nine months after the Deux-Montagnes branch opened.
Canadian Pacific locomotives hauling a freight train through Crowsnest Pass in British Columbia

27.08.2026

CPKC Arbitration Has a 99-Day CN Precedent

CANADA: CPKC signal and communications workers are back on the job, but the CPKC arbitration process expected to resolve their outstanding contract dispute still has no publicly identified arbitrator, timetable or disclosed scope.
STM Azur train at Beaubien station on Montreal Metro’s Orange Line

24.08.2026

Montreal Metro’s 60th Anniversary Gets Four Song Maps

CANADA: Montreal Metro’s 60th anniversary carries a different kind of musical tribute than its 50th. Where the 2016 celebrations centered on a single day of live performances, MUSIQC and the STM built four interactive song maps linking 82 francophone songs to stations across the network, ahead of the anniversary date on Oct.
CPKC locomotive 9375 in the railway’s red livery

22.08.2026

CPKC and IBEW Binding Arbitration Agreement Ends Strike

Canada: CPKC and IBEW binding arbitration will end a strike by approximately 300 signals and communications employees that began May 31, the railway announced on August 21.
Réseau express métropolitain train at Brossard station in Quebec

20.08.2026

Three Redesigns Later, East Montréal Still Has No Line

CANADA: Montréal's mayor has called for reviving the REM de l'Est, four years after the original rapid transit project was cancelled and Quebec reimbursed CDPQ Infra about C$94 million for its planning work.
Riprap stone for the future Contrecoeur container terminal wharf

19.08.2026

How 415 Steel Sheet Piles Reached Contrecoeur

CANADA: In-water construction has begun on the roughly C$2. 4 billion Port of Montreal expansion, starting with a temporary work jetty for the future Contrecoeur container terminal.
CN hybrid-electric yard locomotive under testing

18.08.2026

CN’s Hybrid Locomotive Pilot Triples in Size

CANADA: The CN hybrid locomotive programme now includes three units under testing, while two more yard locomotives are scheduled for conversion by the end of 2026.
Railway inspectors assessing Hudson Bay Railway track and bridge infrastructure

18.08.2026

Hudson Bay Railway Maps a Path to Heavier Trains

CANADA: SYSTRA Canada has begun a Hudson Bay Railway capacity study to identify infrastructure upgrades needed for heavier trains and growing freight traffic to the Port of Churchill.
Kettle Valley Steam Railway locomotive No. 3716 on the Trout Creek Trestle

18.08.2026

Kettle Valley Railway Escapes Wildfire Damage

CANADA: The Kettle Valley Steam Railway says its train, trestle and track survived the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, British Columbia, though train service stays suspended while the fire remains active.
Canadian Pacific freight train on the CPKC Laggan Subdivision in downtown Calgary, Alberta

16.08.2026

Calgary Inland Port Deal Targets 30,000 Jobs

CANADA: A rail-anchored industrial park on Calgary's edge just got a federal push meant to move it from blueprints to bulldozers — with backers projecting up to 30,000 jobs and over Ca$7 billion in economic activity over the next decade.