Transport Minister Halts Trains Near Lytton, B.C. as Evacuees Make Temporary Return

Transport Minister Halts Trains Near Lytton, B.C. as Evacuees Make Temporary Return
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra speaks while Ottawa South MP David McGuinty looks on during a press conference at the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport on June 16, 2021. The Canadian Press/David Kawai
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWALytton—Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is ordering most trains in the vicinity of Lytton, B.C., to halt as residents return temporarily to the wildfire-scorched community.

Alghabra says the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways must cease movement for 48 hours, except for emergency fire response and maintenance and repair work, on stretches of track spanning parts of the British Columbia interior.