

Railways must disclose hazardous shipments to wayside towns: feds
Canada's railways must disclose what types of hazardous materials they ship through communities, so said the federal government last week. Minister of Transportation Lisa Raitt made the announcement Wednesday in response to a year filled with catastrophic railway accidents — many taking place in Alberta. The decree from Ottawa is to begin ‘immediately,’ with railways ordered to send shipment details to Canada's thousands of rail-side communities every three months. Canadian P