July 2001
Survival: Not the Game!
Don Pohl, CPR Operation Lifesaver coordinator, spoke to children at St. Michael school, in Moose Jaw, SK, about rail safety recently. In his 25 years as a train engineer, Pohl is just as aware as anybody about the danger that trains can have on people.
January 2001
Railway Roulette
Wayne Law, CN police officer, has seen enough youngsters injured and killed by getting too close to moving trains, and it could happen in Truro. “We’ve recently had several incidents of train riding in the Truro area,” Law said. “Teens, usually between 15 and 18 years of age, jump on the trains as they pass through town at a speed of approximately 16 kilometres per hour. The incidents usually occur in the evening.”
October 2000
BC Rail Concerned About People’s Safety
BC Rail is tightening security and will be prosecuting trespassers on its railway right of ways. BC Rail is concerned for the safety of people who use railway tracks for recreational purposes, particularly in the Squamish-Whistler-Pemberton corridor.
July 2000
Hello, DOLI! Curtains Up, Light the Lights on Database of Operation Lifesaver Information
Participants at the Thirteenth Annual Operation Lifesaver Provincial Coordinators meeting in Montreal got a sneak preview of DOLI – Operation Lifesaver’s (OL) new database system.
June 2000
Operation Lifesaver On the Road Again; This Time in Saskatchewan
Elimination of highway/railway crossing collisions and trespassing incidents is the aggressive objective of Operation Lifesaver, according to Ben Levesque, the program’s National Director. He took that message to the media and their audi-ences recently, doing 16 interviews in three days, covering 1,200 kilometres and five communities.
February 1999
1998 Transportation Safety Board Results Released
Ninety-eight people were killed and 58 seriously injured in level crossing collisions and trespassing incidents on railway property in Canada in 1998, according to preliminary results released by the Transportation Safety Board.
December 1998
Federal Government Contributes to Direction 2006 Rail Safety Program
Transport Minister David Collenette has announced $250,000 in federal funding to the Railway Association of Canada in support of the Direction 2006 rail safety program to reduce grade crossing collisions and trespassing incidents by 50 per cent by the year 2006.
September 1998
Stay Away from theTracks … and Stay Safe
The Kingston Whig-Standard had some excellent advice for their readers following a trespassing incident which resulted in the death of one young man and the serious injury of another.
July 1998
Prevention is Best, But Investigation Gets Better
While Canada’s railways continue to focus on preventing level crossing accidents, they are also working with provincial coroners and police forces to improve the thoroughness and speed of accident investigations.