Work stoppages in Canada's RRs next week could screw up our own supply chains.

Crash

Needless to say, it's an interconnected world, EH?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/possible-stoppage-canadas-two-largest-202357540.html

PRESSmUP

US media doesn't seem to give much coverage to this, though it deserves more given its possible impact. Although the government's call for arbitration appeared to relieve the pressure, it didn't...with calls for a Monday strike currently planned.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/canada-rail-workers-union-challenge-government-decision-refer-dispute-labor-2024-08-23/

I've been watching this over the past few weeks since travel via the Rocky Mountaineer from Banff to Vancouver is planned for the 2nd week in September.

Crash

I hope you can still enjoy your trip. Perhaps you'll go through Golden? A familiar place. I lived in Kelowna and Trail for several months, each. B.C. is SO gorgeous. The Okanagan Valley still feels like home. Love.
https://canadiantrainvacations.com/trips/essential-rocky-mountaineer-rail

PRESSmUP

Thanks….touring Lake Louise and a few spots prior to the train, which would have included Jasper…but unfortunately not anymore.

msf

It's beautiful country up there. I visited a few years ago.

Unfortunately, this is what kept running through my mind:

Crash

(Didn't they steal that from Rocky & Bullwinkle?) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-24/canada-labor-board-orders-rail-employees-back-to-work