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CN Rail’s entire Indigenous advisory board handed in its resignation Monday saying continuing the work would “mislead Indigenous Peoples as to CN’s sincerity and authenticity to reconcile.”

The statement, penned by the council’s co-chairs Murray Sinclair, former senator and commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Roberta Jamieson, the first female First Nations lawyer in Canada urged the organization to make fundamental changes to the way it does business.

In an interview with Global News, Sinclair said the intent of the council was to assist them to develop their reconciliation action plan as a meaningful way forward, but after that was done, the company failed to use the council’s input.

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CN's ferry Huron (of Sarnia) crosses the Detroit River with another load of cars, including what looks to be a Massey Fergusen combine, in August of 1964. Numerous rail ferries crossed the river at this time. The Huron was built for the GT in 1875, eventually being absorbed by the CN in later years. The ferry was still in use by the Detroit-Windsor Barge Line when it sank at its' dock in Windsor in December of 1981. The ferry was refloated and towed across the river to a slip in River Rouge where it sank again. It remains there today, with only the stacks still visible above the water. Jerry Pinkepank Kodachrome

Another Christmas Cab Unit by Will Rasmussen Via Flickr: Trainboy made a quick run down to Springfield in order to nail the NS Santa Train running out of Decatur with me. His truck came in handy to navigate the 5+ inches of snow that fell during the overnight and morning hours. Another nice series of runbys were performed by the fine equipment of the Monticello Railway Museum with Wabash F7A 1189 leading the way at Righter (Harristown, IL).

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A trio of CN GMD-1 locomotives push spreader 50972 at mile 4 of the Rossburn Subdivision outside of Neepawa, Manitoba in February 1990. Photo by Mark Perry, via Rapido Trains

Sights & Scenes: Spruce Grove Grain Elevator The town of Spruce Grove and its preserved grain elevator lie a short way to the west of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, alongside the CN rail line.

1959 Snowtime is Playtime in Canada, Canadian National Railway 

Source: www.flickr.com / Halloween HJB 

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Canadian National 9000 (F3A) por Matthew Por Flickr: Alberta Railway Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, 31/8/13

Finn Wolfhard

Gender: Male Ethnicity:  French, German, and Jewish Nationality: Canadian Date Of Birth: 23 December, 2002 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown

Finn Wolfhard is a Canadian actor and musician. He gained recognition for playing Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). His film roles include Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel It (2017) and its sequel It: Chapter Two (2019), Boris Pavlikovsky in the drama film The Goldfinch (2019), the voice of Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family (2019), and Trevor in the supernatural film Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). Wolfhard made his directorial debut with the comedy short film Night Shifts (2020).

Solo ex-GMTX by Michael Berry Via Flickr: Ex-GMTX unit CN 4904 is solo power on the Pointe St-Charles Switcher as it exits the Port of Montreal with a short transfer.

"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

¿Se vislumbra una huelga de trabajadores de trenes de carga en Canadá?

El sindicato que representa a casi 9.300 trabajadores en los dos mayores operadores ferroviarios de Canadá dice que los ferrocarriles están planeando un paro laboral después de que las negociaciones se han estancado sobre cuestiones de condiciones de trabajo y aumentos salariales. El objetivo de la Comisión de Seguridad y el CPKC de nuestros convenios colectivos con el objetivo de eliminar todas…

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Leading an extra west we find CN M636 2320 running into sunset light at Komoka, Ontario in January of 1984.

Busy Sunday afternoon at Spadina, Entertainment provided the S-13's, a plenty... CN 8518 pushing a string of blue coaches through the wash and another S-13 has a Tempo generator – baggage in tow... and 8515 is working the AMTRAK F40PHR #280 with the Maple Leaf consist CN Spadina coach yard, September 30, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko Noteworthy: from the right, in the coach yard, two more S-13's, LRC cars, Tempo cars, in the distance Budd Cars, what appears to be a Track Inspection Car or Rail Grinder, a regular tail end feature of the seventies Super Continental: CN 'car-go-rail' enclosed auto carrier, and the nearly new rail grade separation line.