Archive for April, 2008
Rail Safety Week: Radio News Item
April 30, 2008
The radio news item below provides an overview of the items being aired during Operation Lifesaver’s Rail Safety Week this week by radio stations across Canada. It includes Dan Di Tota, Operation Lifesaver’s national director; CN Police Chief Serge Meloche talking about Zero Tolerance for trespassers; CP locomotive engineer Don Ashley who works from Hamilton
Rail Safety Week: Montréal, QC
April 30, 2008
CP Police officers hand out information to motorists at highway/ railway crossings in the Montréal area Wednesday during Operation Lifesaver’s Rail Safety Week. The effort is to reduce crossings collisions and trespass incidents across the country.
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Rail Safety Week: Sackville, NB
April 29, 2008
Firechief Craig Bowser (from left), Captain David Weir and Lt. Eddie Cole work on Liam Cole, a grade 12 student at Tantramar Regional High School, during a mock disaster during Operation Lifesaver’s Rail Safety Week at the VIA Station in Sackville, NB, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.
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Railway Safety Week: Jim Park’s Truck Talk
April 29, 2008
Of the roughly 200 railroad-crossing collisions that occur each year in Canada, about 40 involve trucks. The sad thing is, says Dan Di Tota, National Director of Operation Lifesaver, every crash is completely avoidable.
On the April 28, 2008 edition of Truck Talk, Jim Park and Dan Di Tota discuss what you can do to avoid
All Aboard for Rail Safety Week
April 28, 2008
Ottawa – Operation Lifesaver, in cooperation with Transport Canada, the Railway Association of Canada and their partners, will begin the 2008 Rail Safety Week today on April 28. It’s a national effort to promote safe decisions around highway-railway crossings and operations.
“We are very excited to be kicking off this annual Rail Safety Week,” said Dan
