Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) — two companies whose rail lines go through Saskatoon and its outskirts — have respectively called a consultant's preferred rail relocation option "not feasible" and "fundamentally unworkable." Shorten the trains, mayoral candidate saysTwo candidates in the 2020 Saskatoon mayoral race have touched on the issue of rail lines in their campaign materials or remarks so far. Planner and architectural technologist Cary Tarasoff has an entire "rail lines through the city" section in his platform. He again called for the removal of rail lines when announcing his 2020 bid last week. "Every major city in Canada would like to be able to move the rail lines from their communities.

Source: CBC News September 04, 2020 09:56 UTC