Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba is on the right side of the tracks after having reduced serious rail injuries more than any other province in the
past year.
Serious injuries in the province decreased by 75 percent in 2015.
Railway fatalities and injuries nationwide dropped 28 percent, to 36 from 50, marking the lowest number in a decade.
Operation Lifesaver, a national body that promotes rail safety, says the province's rail safety record will only get better if the recently formed rail
relocation task force really gets rolling.
"If you're relocating the rail lines where you'll have clearer vision and less urban development, and less density, that's going to help," said Mike
Regimbal, Operation Lifesaver's national director.
Monday marked the first day of Rail Safety Week 2016, during which Operational Lifesaver is spreading the message: "See Tracks?
Think!"
The campaign emphasises a shared responsibility between communities, rail operators, and all levels of government to "ensure that rail safety knowledge
and practices reach as many Canadians as possible."
Braeden Jones.