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(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) CALGARY — The International Energy Agency says crude-by-rail shipments in Canada are expected to more than double over the next two years, as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives. Full story: Toronto Star Thursday, March 8, 2018

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 8 — Space is still available for the BLET Education and Training Department’s Local Chairman training class, which will be held from April 8-13, 2018, at the BLET National Division headquarters and Training Center in Independence, Ohio. Due to the upcoming triennial elections later this year, this will be the only training…

(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) OTTAWA — Crude-by-rail shipments could more than double over the next two years from historic highs as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives, said the International Energy Agency Monday. Full story: www.globalnews.ca Tuesday, March 6, 2018

(Source: KGW, March 5, 2018) CENTRALIA, Wash. — Two trains derailed in a Centralia rail yard Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. A BNSF train was slowly moving in reverse when it collided with a Union Pacific freight train entering the Centralia rail yard, according to BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. Full story: www.kgw.com Tuesday, March 6,…

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of West Virginia teachers are again hopeful about their future thanks to the announcement today that state lawmakers agreed to raise their pay by five percent, ending a nine-day strike. Teachers in the Mountain State took the dramatic action because they ranked…