The federal NDP's transport critic is worried a new high-speed rail project in Ontario and Quebec will kill off publicly-subsidized passenger service in western Canada, the Prairies and the Maritimes.

MONTREAL - Bold plans and promises for high-speed rail lines in Canada stretch as far back as Pierre Trudeau's government. So far, none have come to pass. *Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks.

Passenger train service is largely back on the rails in Vancouver, including to and from Seattle and Portland, after Amtrak briefly pulled more than two dozen train cars from service over corrosion ...