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Canada Rail Strike Triggers Emergency Propane Shortage in Quebec

Zinc, copper, aluminum flowing across U.S.-Canada border slow
Economists see $1.7 billion economic hit by end of next week

CN Rail trains sit idle in Brampton, Ontario after workers walked off the job on Nov. 19. — CN Rail trains sit idle in Brampton, Ontario after workers walked off the job on Nov. 19.
Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

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Shelly Hagan and

November 21, 2019, 4:49 PM UTCUpdated onNovember 22, 2019, 10:01 AM UTC

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Quebec is facing an emergency shortage of propane and shipments of oil, grain and metal are grinding to a halt as the impact of a rail strike in Canada threatened to take a multibillion-dollar chunk out of the nation’s economy.