How one death, sick passengers led to fears of pandemic
The Globe and Mail - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 03:24 GMT
The public health scare aboard CN Rail's The Canadian

Passenger train quarantined in northern Ontario
Vancouver Province - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-09, 16:40 GMT
FOLEYET, Ont. - Via Rail has confirmed one person has died aboard a train en route from Vancouver to Toronto. CN Rail reported the incident to police at 8:30 a.m., saying the woman had respiratory problems and that she showed no vital signs.

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Prince George Citizen Online - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 07:15 GMT
A locomotive engineer who operates the little train at Fort George Park says it won't be ready for the upcoming May long weekend. However, Ron Walker, who's driven the miniature steam train for 30 years, is optimistic it will be huffing around the track by Canada Day.

Railroad exec to speak on EJ&E
The Naperville Sun - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-11, 10:34 GMT
A Canadian National Railway executive will meet with Naperville area businessmen this week on CN's proposed acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway.

Boniferro seeks new date to pay off city; Borrowed money for rail upgrade
The Sault Star - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 13:53 GMT
The president of Boniferro Mill Works hopes city council will provide an extension to a loan the company received just more than a year ago. Jim Boniferro said he hopes for a six-month extension to repay the $60,000 loan through the economic diversification fund in April 2007. [...]

Chinese Manufacturers Shun Low-Wage Inland for Vietnam, India
Bloomberg.com - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 01:21 GMT
May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Edward Kang spent 15 years building textile maker Ever-Glory International into a symbol of China's world dominance in cheap clothes, shoes and toys.

4,466 km journey one of world's best
CNews - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 10:46 GMT
Via Rail's passenger service from Vancouver to Toronto via Jasper is considered one of the world's grand train trips. Operating in both directions, the Canadian carries passengers from all over the world through the Rockies, across the Prairies and over the vast Canadian Shield of northern Ontario.

Train quarantine lifted
Montreal Gazette - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 13:25 GMT
The woman who died yesterday aboard a train going from Vancouver to Toronto was not part of a tour group of sick passengers from Jasper, Alta., Via Rail said last night.

Riding the Canadian; Riders on the luxury train were delayed by a medical emergency
Niagara Falls Review - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 13:53 GMT
VIA Rail's Canadian passenger service from Vancouver to Toronto via Jasper is considered one of the world's grand train trips. Operating in both directions, the Canadian carries passengers from all over the world through the Rockies, across the Prairies and over the vast Canadian Shield of northern [...]

Canadian train quarantined after death
UPI - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-09, 18:32 GMT
SUDBURY, Ontario, May 9 (UPI) -- Canadian officials in northern Ontario quarantined a Via Rail passenger train Friday after a passenger died and 10 others became sick.