Archive for April, 2009
Operation Lifesaver’s Rail Safety Week is launched
April 28, 2009
Operation Lifesaver’s Rail Safety Week was launched yesterday in more than 200 municipalities across Canada. The national campaign promotes safe decisions around highway-railway crossings and freight and passenger train operations. It is sponsored by Transport Canada, the nation’s railways and their partners.
Crossing collisions dropped to 214 in 2008 from 221 the year earlier. Trespass incidents
Roger Cyr Award For Public Safety
April 28, 2009
Ottawa, April 28, 2009 – A Hamilton man, Tom Allan, has been selected as Operation Lifesaver’s 2009 Roger Cyr Award winner, presented to individuals who reduce highway-railway crossing collisions and trespass incidents.
Mr. Allan, an Operation Lifesaver volunteer presenter since October of 2004, was knighted into the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in 2007 for
Canadian Pacific Police steps up safety enforcement
April 28, 2009
CP News: Rail Safety Week in Canada April 27 – May 3, 2009
The Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS) is taking its public safety message directly to the street, during Rail Safety Week which runs from April 27 to May 3 in Canada.
CP Police officers from Montreal to Vancouver will conduct more than 100 safety and
CN kicks off Target Zero campaign with goal of reducing railway crossing and trespassing accidents to zero
April 27, 2009
CN News Release: Rail Safety Week starts today
MONTREAL, April 27, 2009 — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today marked the launch of Rail Safety Week, from April 27 to May 3, 2009, by announcing intensive efforts to prevent trespassing and railway crossing accidents with the ultimate goal of reducing them to zero. The railway’s Target
CN Police Chief announces call to action for Rail Safety Week 2010 — no compromise: no accidents – no injuries – no fatalities
April 27, 2009
MONTREAL, April 26, 2010 — CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) today marked the launch of Rail Safety Week through May 2, 2010 with CN Police Chief Stephen Covey vowing no compromise in the fight to end accidents, injuries and fatalities on and near railway crossings, tracks and property.
Covey said: “What is it going to take to stop
