Trains to and from the Pacifc coast port of Vancouver have started rolling again after heavy rains and mudslides damaged tracks in November. To clear a shipping backlog some locomotives have been spotted pulling three kilometers of cars behind them
A mix of drought in Canada’s prairies and flooding on its Pacific coast have brought about crop production and shipping woes now leading to international shortages of fries and mustard.
– Heavy rains disrupted shipping – Because of the drought, meanwhile, mustard seed production in the prairies was halved this year to almost 50,000 metric tonnes, from 2020.