Via Rail Safe Sioux Lookout

The daily run east and west from Sioux Lookout isn't impacted by cuts at Via Rail. Trip frequencies are being cut on some of the big routes, including the Montreal to Halifax route ``The Ocean'' which will be cut from six to three round trips per week. In the West, ``The Canadian'' , a Toronto to Vancouver route, will be reduced from three to two round trips per week in the off-season. There will also be a number reductions in southwestern Ontario. Via Rail says it expects to cut 200 unionized jobs, or about 9-percent of its positions, as the government-owned passenger rail service deals with federal budget cuts.