Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party announced their support for a high speed rail connection between Calgary and Edmonton. See the video here . Read the article here .

Mutual enthusiasm over a push for high-speed passenger-rail service linking Montreal, Boston and New York – along with glowing prospects for increased Hydro-Québec power exports to Vermont – dominated a convivial public sit-down between the heads of the Quebec and Vermont governments Friday afternoon. Read more here.

EPIC (Educational Program Innovations Centre of Mississauga is putting on an excellent course on High Speed Trains May 18-20, 2011. Check out the course agenda here

M. Hamad a mis un terme vendredi à une visite de quatre jours en France, au cours de laquelle il a vécu un «cours intensif» sur le sujet, un véritable «crash course», résume-t-il. CYPERPRESSE.CA

Quebec Transport Minister Sam Hamad recently was in Albany to discuss reviving the idea of high speed trains between Montreal and Quebec City. Read the article here.

U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), stands up to powerful special interests on behalf of the American public, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being. They have started a pro high speed rail campaign titled, Mad Fast Trains. The video, which is fantastic, has been loaded on our website http://highspeedrail.ca or you can view it on their website and order a bumper sticker http://www.madfasttrains.com

n January of 2010, local rail advocates rejoiced at learning Washington had been awarded $590 million in federal economic stimulus funding for high-speed rail. However, the money never actually materialized until this week. A budget showdown 2,800 miles away on Capitol Hill may have played a role in freeing up the dollars that had been held up for more than a year. Read the whole article here: http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/mar/02/regional-high-speed-rail-funds-have-arrived/