Section of Highway 23 near Champion has been reopened

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a Thursday train derailment in Vulcan County.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City said 34 of its cars — including 31 hopper cars carrying grain products and three tanker cars carrying vegetable oil — left the tracks near the village of Champion early Thursday afternoon

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No injuries were reported, and no dangerous goods were involved, said a CPKC spokesperson Friday.

The company sent crews and equipment to the scene immediately to the scene to begin clean-up work, said the spokesperson. Track repairs were completed early Friday morning, while cleanup of the derailed cars continued.

Traffic had been diverted around Highway 23 near Champion on Thursday, but th

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