Historian says Canadian Pacific Railway completion was key for national unity, sovereignty

The ceremonial last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific railway in Craigellachie, just west of Revelstoke, at 9:22 a.m ...
Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal

140 years on, railway historians reflect on legacy of the Last Spike

Just west of Revelstoke 140 years ago, Sir Donald A. Smith made history at the small settlement of Craigellachie, driving the ...
PBS

Canadian railroad workers union mounts legal challenge to arbitrator’s back-to-work order

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work ...