{"id":5094,"date":"2017-07-18T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=5094"},"modified":"2017-07-18T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:46:24","slug":"somber-third-anniversary-of-suspension-of-algomas-passenger-train-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/18\/somber-third-anniversary-of-suspension-of-algomas-passenger-train-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Somber third anniversary of suspension of Algoma&#8217;s Passenger Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Jul 18, 2017 @ 15:03<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1092\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC05103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1092\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1092\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC05103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC05103.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC05103-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last ACR Passenger Train to leave Hawk Junction on July 13, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>July 15, 2017 was the beginning of the 3rd year without passenger train service throughout remote areas of Algoma District. As a consequence, the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) will hold a special event on July 28th, 2017 at 10 am in Sault Ste. Marie at the Civic Centre (Russ Ramsay Room) The presentation will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evidence to disprove Transport Canada &amp; the Minister of Transport\u2019s erroneous claim of existing public, safe and accessible alternative modes of transportation for people to reach destinations along the Algoma rail corridor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The day-to-day effects of a rising level of isolation in our region and the absence of public transportation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The negative economic consequences that the absence of the passenger train service has had in Algoma District, between Sault Ste. Marie to Hearst.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An update by Chief Jason Gauthier about Missanabie Cree First Nation efforts to restore the train.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Invitations have been extended to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Transport Marc Garneau to attend this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 18, 2017 @ 15:03 &nbsp; July 15, 2017 was the beginning of the 3rd year without passenger train service throughout remote areas of Algoma District. As a consequence, the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) will hold a special event on July 28th, 2017 at 10 am in Sault Ste. Marie at the Civic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-5094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-algoma-passenger-train"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 07:55:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5095,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions\/5095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}