Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Regional Winnipeg free May 2000 freight train derailment strands via passengers unhappy travellers feel like a lot of cattle by Helen fall Dong Kerrie Vincent can think of better ways to spend her first trip to Canada than pacing the lobby of a hotel near Winnipeg air the australian was among 200 trav Ellers stranded in Winnipeg for about 24 hours yesterday after a train derailed near the Ontario the via rail train from Jasper to Toronto rolled out of Winnipeg tuesday afternoon just As 19 cars on a in freight train left the tracks on the main line across the Ontario the passenger train was sent Back to where the occupants were Given Only vague information about what was going according to Vin the staff on the train com Mit themselves to after being housed overnight at the International inn and Given a breakfast Coupon too Small to cover anything on the menu besides Vincent still did not know late yesterday morning when she would be she and her husband Vivian were unable to go sightseeing As they waited for word on Vias we feel like a lot of she the other Are just wandering around whingeing to each the group was eventually flown with the last Batch expected to arrive in Toronto by via spokesman Malcolm Andrews said it is harder to Book flights for a Large group at the last minute now that air Canada and Canadian airlines have they dont have the extra air he said via had a service manager at the hotel to keep passengers although the status of pro posed flights kept Kerrie Vincent and her husband Vivian Arent impressed with the Way via rail has handled their travel Dif via will reimburse patrons who had to spend More on hotel meals than their vouchers Andrews the company has not had to reroute Large numbers of passengers since the Quebec ice storm in he a train heading West with More than 300 passengers aboard also had to be sent Back to Toronto tuesday because of the those passengers flown to via is covering the costs for but might work out compensation arrange ments later with no one was injured in the freight train derailment and a car carrying hazardous goods did not a in spokesman the track was expected to reopen Early the Vincents should be on their Way to Niagara hoping to continue the Beautiful time they had in the Rockies before being Way Laid by the its Nipges Kerrie her husband got a tiny taste of win Nipges wholesale culture yesterday when he ventured across the Street to buy a portable stereo system at a Dis count from a store that handles Bank weve got a Nice memory of he adding that he would travel across Canada by rail the couple is in the Middle of an 87 Day trip around the boards jobs forecast for Brandon called Overly optimistic by Helen fall Dong Advance seat selection baggage allowance free inflight entertainment special meals on request Canadian Points or Miles Winnipeg return starting from Saskatoon Regina Bay Vancouver Quebec City Raleig Durham Dallas fort 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development Board said about Job openings a year would be available to the spouses of any soldiers transferred from Winnipeg to Canadian forces base Shilo near Tammy born who works for human resources development Canada in said most of those openings represent there she rioting that Many jobs Are just passed from one local pers Ohto another with out being she also economic development Board forecast that the largest concentration of Job openings will be in the Range might be Overly the cur rent average wage in Brandon is hard to but might be somewhere around x wages in Brandon tend to be lower than those in Winnipeg for similar but a lower unemployment rate in the Brandon Region May Force employers to offer More than for service a High proportion of the regions workforce is employed in the agricultural and service there Sall kinds of work but its not necessarily the Best Dorri the City of Brandon is try ing to persuade Eggleton to Transfer to Shilo about 700 sol Diers in the Princess 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