http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx Latest Railway News News The Railway Association of Canada 2010 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#89 The 2010 Spring edition of the Railway Association of Canada’s quarterly magazine Interchange is now available. Career on Track 08/04/2010 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#87 As of today, Career on Track is making it even easier for you to learn about the wide variety of opportunities available with Canada’s Railways. Career on Track 02/02/2010 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#74 The Railway Association of Canada marked the 90th anniversary of its founding on Dec. 1. Its predecessors, the Canadian Railway Association for National Defence and the Canadian Railway War Board, were created in the fall of 1917 to expedite the flow of freight cars back from the United States to help the Canadian war effort during the first world war. Career on Track 11/12/2009 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#75 VIA Rail Canada and CN have won the Railway Association of Canada’s 2009 environmental awards for passenger and freight railways in the country. GO Transit and Canadian Pacific won the industry’s safety awards, and short line operator Central Manitoba Railway received an honorable mention. The awards were presented during the RAC’s annual general meeting, trade show and research conference in Calgary. Career on Track 19/10/2009 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#78 This fall sees students in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Winnipeg aim to enter the next generation of the railway. While future conductors attending Red River College in Winnipeg will wait until November to begin their program, students at BCIT, SAIT, and George Brown College are already attending classes and preparing for their practical training programs. With keen industry partners like the Central Manitoba Railway in Winnipeg and the Ontario Southland Railway, students have the opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom in a real railway environment. Career on Track 15/09/2009 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#79 Operation Lifesaver has re-launched its website with a brand new look and feel. The new site incorporates new material, videos and resources formatted for all ages to help reduce deaths and injuries around freight and passenger trains. The site, at www.operationlifesaver.ca, is “user friendly” and much easier to navigate, said Dan Di Tota, national director of the program. Career on Track 06/07/2009 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#80 From June 1 to 5, first responders and shippers attended the RAC's Dangerous Goods team "Railway Emergency Response" course at the Justice Institute of British Columbia in Maple Ridge, BC. Career on Track 06/07/2009 http://www.careerontrack.ca/news.aspx#81 CSA Group, today officially launched its 90th anniversary celebrations. CSA Group offices across Canada, the United States, Asia and Europe will be joining in the festivities recognizing nine decades of helping to improve public safety, the environment, the global economy and quality of life. Career on Track 01/03/2009