By SCOTT SUTHERLAND VICTORIA (CP) - CN Rail is facing federal and provincial charges as a result of a toxic spill after a derailment that sent toxic chemicals into a river north of Vancouver, The Canadian Press has learned.

By TERRI THEODORE VANCOUVER (CP) - Almost two years after a caustic soda spill nearly sterilized the Cheakamus River in southern B.C., there's little confidence from the community that a similar disaster could be averted again.

By DIRK MEISSNER VICTORIA (CP) - Search warrants were executed Thursday at CN Rail offices in British Columbia and Alberta over the 2005 train derailment and the spill of caustic soda into the Cheakamus River north of Vancouver.

By TERRI THEODORE VANCOUVER (CP) - A toxic spill from a CN Rail car last year ensured a "near complete sterilization" of a large section of B.C.'s Cheakamus River, internal documents show.

VANCOUVER (CP) - CN Rail was ordered to limit the length of its trains to 80 cars on an old B.C. Rail line north of Vancouver on Wednesday after 11 derailments on that stretch of track this year. B.C.