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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Western Grain Elevator Association is extending gratitude to the federal government of Canada for recognizing the negative impacts of the CN...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grain shippers are calling on CN, CPKC, the TCRC and the Government of Canada to put posturing and politics aside for the good of Canadians to...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s grain shippers support the passage of the Extended Interswitching provisions in Bill C-47 - the Budget Implementation Act. The...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s grain shippers applaud the Government of Canada’s announcement in Budget 2023 to bring back Extended Interswitching. This measure...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grain shippers are calling on CP Rail and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) to accelerate their negotiations to avoid a work...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) is raising a cautionary flag with respect to rail capacity, rail service and supply chain...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) announced today that the grain sector is embarking on a major campaign to raise awareness and seek...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA) is disappointed by the decision of the federal government to keep an excessive overpayment of...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Western Grain Elevator Association is extending thanks to both Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and CP Rail executive management for reaching...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grain shippers across Western Canada today welcome the passage of Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act. “This day has been a long...