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Feds step in to restore rail service to Churchill

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CNS Canada — The federal government says it’s prepared to restore rail service to Hudson Bay at Churchill, Man. The Hudson Bay Railway, running from The Pas to Churchill, was closed in the spring of 2017 after flooding damaged multiple sections of the route to the northern Manitoba community. U.S. rail operator OmniTrax, the line’s […] Read more
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Crops

Washouts shut Hudson Bay Railway for shipping season

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Flooding and rail bed washouts on sections of northern Manitoba’s Hudson Bay Railway have led the line’s owner to suspend its operations indefinitely. The closure of the portion of the line running from Amery, Man., about 50 km northeast of Gillam, north to Hudson Bay at Churchill, all but ensures no Prairie grain, other than […] Read more
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New step in Port of Churchill’s potential sale

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Commodity News Service Canada – Ownership of the Hudson Bay rail line and shuttered Port of Churchill may change soon, as the port’s current owners and a collection of northern First Nations have inked a formal agreement, according to a company press release. Omnitrax, the rail company that currently owns the northern Manitoban port, has […] Read more
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Crops

Development fund set up for Churchill

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The federal Western Economic Diversification (WD) department will put up $4.6 million for economic development work at and around Churchill, Man. after grain export operations were suspended at the town’s Hudson Bay port. Navdeep Bains, the federal minister responsible for WD, announced the new fund Friday at Churchill, saying it will back “projects that grow […] Read more
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Crops

Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainties remain

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CNS Canada — Layoffs from Manitoba’s Port of Churchill are now in effect, but questions remain for those formerly employed by the port, the future of the town and the dynamics of Canadian grain handling. Answers to those questions aren’t coming from OmniTrax, the Denver-based railway that operates the port, as company officials have remained […] Read more
Northern port supporters appeal to government
Crops

Northern port supporters appeal to government

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A consortium supporting continued operation of the Port of Churchill met with federal and provincial government representatives this week in search of ways to keep the port open. “This is an emergency for our community, our region and indeed our country,” Churchill Mayor Mike Spence in a release. “We’ve been told by farmers that there […] Read more
“This is a major blow to us, especially when there appears to be an exceptionally large crop coming.” – KAP President Dan Mazier. Photo: File/Shannon VanRaes
Crops

Farmers dismayed over Port of Churchill closure

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Manitoba’s largest general farm organization Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the federal government to keep the Port of Churchill operating until the end of the 2016 shipping season and beyond. Workers at the Port of Churchill were told Monday there would be no grain shipments going through the port this season, leaving approximately 10 […] Read more
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Crops

Port of Churchill closing, blindsiding workers, industry alike 

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Commodity News Service – The largest employer in Churchill, Manitoba will shut its doors, leaving employees and loaded cars alike stranded on the tracks. Workers at the Port of Churchill were told Monday, July 25, there would be no grain shipments going through the port this season, leaving approximately 10 per cent of Churchill residents out of […] Read more

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