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The Port of Churchill in 2015. (CNS Canada photo by Jade Markus)

Proposed deal ‘fallen apart’ for Hudson Bay Railway

An acquisition deal-in-principle for northern Manitoba’s Hudson Bay Railway appears to have collapsed and the line’s current owners warn the railway may now be down for yet another shipping season. Hudson Bay Railway (HBR), a subsidiary of Colorado-based shortline operator OnmiTrax, announced Tuesday “it now appears that this transaction has fallen apart.” The proposed sale

Grain being loaded on a ship at the Hudson Bay port of Churchill in 2015. Former owner OmniTrax shut down the port facility before the 2016 shipping season began. (CNS Canada photo by Jade Markus)

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Transport agency orders Hudson Bay Railway to start repairs

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 16, 2018

The Canadian Transportation Agency has ordered the current owners of the Hudson Bay Railway to get repair work underway by July 3 at the latest. The CTA — the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator for the Canadian transport sector — on Wednesday granted a request filed by an unnamed representative of Manitoba’s provincial opposition New Democrats

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Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 30, 2018

The federal government has announced an “agreement in principle” which will see a new partnership fix up northern Manitoba’s washed-out Hudson Bay Railway and take over the mothballed Port of Churchill. Details of the agreement were slim at best in the government’s announcement Wednesday, except to say the buying group slated to take over the

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Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Grain could once again be shipped out of northern Manitoba’s Port of Churchill if all goes according to plan for a new potential ownership group. “The port has got all of the grain handling equipment and simply said, the first thing we want to do is resume that commercial activity,” said Louis

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: On a (rail)road to nowhere

By Gord Gilmour November 23, 2017

The Port of Churchill and the rail link to the south has been much in the public eye of late, most recently with word a Toronto financial group is partnering with local First Nations groups to buy the line. The tantalizing promise of Churchill has always been just over the horizon, it would seem. On

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Ottawa threatens suit for Hudson Bay rail line repairs

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 13, 2017

The federal government says the owner of the Hudson Bay Railway has 30 days to get the washed-out line repaired and running or will face a lawsuit for breach of contract. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, the MP for the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg South Centre, said in a statement Friday that U.S. rail operator

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Feds step in to restore rail service to Churchill

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 8, 2017

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

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Washouts shut Hudson Bay Railway for shipping season

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 9, 2017

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

While some are calling on the federal government to nationalize the Port of Churchill, others say no matter who owns the facility, its grain shipping days are done.

Local news

Whither the Port of Churchill?

Amid calls for a new owner or nationalization, some say no matter who owns the facility,  companies won’t export grain through Canada’s only deepwater, arctic seaport

By Allan Dawson December 22, 2016

Time is running out for the Port of Churchill say its supporters, but according to others it can’t be saved. They say its fate was sealed Aug. 1, 2012, when the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) monopoly died. “It is urgent,” Churchill-Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton said Dec. 15 in an interview after calling for the

Local news

North asks AMM to support Port of Churchill

Resolution asks AMM to lobby to ensure port stays open for 2017 shipping season

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 1, 2016

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities wants the province and federal government to make revitalizing the Port of Churchill and ensuring operations of the rail line to the northern town their top priority. The town of Churchill’s mayor and council asked delegates for support, bringing an emergency resolution to last week’s municipal leaders’ convention in Winnipeg.

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Tag Archives Churchill

Proposed deal ‘fallen apart’ for Hudson Bay Railway

Transport agency orders Hudson Bay Railway to start repairs

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

Editorial: On a (rail)road to nowhere

Ottawa threatens suit for Hudson Bay rail line repairs

Feds step in to restore rail service to Churchill

Washouts shut Hudson Bay Railway for shipping season

Whither the Port of Churchill?

North asks AMM to support Port of Churchill

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