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Development fund set up for Churchill

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

Comment

Comment: Port of Churchill is worth saving

Public ownership may be the best and only answer to preserve this national asset

By Dean Harder September 27, 2016

Most of us take for granted that the majority of our roads and highways is publicly funded and built at cost in order to serve the overall public good. There is no clamour asking why those roads are not being given away to private companies to let road barons profit from them. For good reason!

Cereals, Comment

Analysis: Canada needs Churchill, but do grain farmers?

The port and bay line are vital to the northern economy, but so little grain moves the impact  on the grain sector would be minimal

By Allan Dawson August 5, 2016

Canada’s grain industry doesn’t need the Port of Churchill, or its railway — but Canada does. Both are important to Canadian sovereignty in the North and are vital to the economies of Churchill and other northern communities. From a farmer’s perspective the more shipping options available the better. But if Churchill — Canada’s only northern

Crops

‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 16, 2016

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s Port of Churchill is facing an uncertain grain shipping season, as ownership of the Hudson Bay facility is still up in the air, months after owner OmniTrax announced plans to sell the port and the railway that serves it. Denver-based OmniTrax announced in late 2015 it had accepted a letter of

“What I’ve come to realize is that Hudson Bay Railway is a utility. It is a service to the North and it provides that service to many First Nations communities.” – Merv Tweed, OmniTrax

News

First Nations leaders proving adept at train transition

First Nations ownership and utility-like business model will be key ingredients of a successful transition

By Jack Dawes April 4, 2016

OmniTrax might be pulling out of northern Manitoba, but that doesn’t mean the railway is doomed. Merv Tweed, OmniTrax Canada’s president, told the Hudson Bay Route Associations’ Mar. 23 annual meeting in Yorkton a consortium of First Nations communities is poised to take over the Hudson Bay Railway. Facing tough questions from the crowd about

Crops

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther March 23, 2016

If there’s one thing all Saskatchewan’s political parties can agree on, it’s that the current rail system isn’t working for grain producers — but there’s less consensus on the solutions. Transportation is the single most important issue facing grain growers in Saskatchewan right now, said Cathy Sproule, the provincial New Democrats’ ag critic, during an

Opinion

Considering Churchill’s future

With melting permafrost, is Churchill's rail line viable over the long term?

By Jim Collinson December 29, 2015

A sudden, substantial drop in grain exports from Churchill this summer raises questions about the long-term economic viability of the port. A comprehensive review is needed to identify costs, benefits and risks associated with saving the railway, along with alternative economic opportunities for a port community on Hudson Bay without rail access. Federal and provincial

Local news

First Nations interested in buying Churchill port and railway from OmniTrax Canada

A letter of intent has been accepted triggering a 45-day due diligence period in which both parties will work together to ensure that a purchase becomes a reality

By Allan Dawson December 24, 2015

The sooner the Port of Churchill and the rail line that serves it have a new owner the better, says Sinclair Harrison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA), an organization that supports and promotes the Hudson Bay Railway and Canada’s only deepwater ocean port. “We’re heading into another year and so long as

Crops, Markets, Weather

Man. First Nations seek to buy Churchill port, rail line

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 18, 2015

Manitoba’s northern First Nations have responded to the “for sale” notice on the port and rail line that allow Prairie farmers and handlers to ship grain exports through Hudson Bay. The Canadian arm of U.S. shortline firm OmniTrax confirmed Friday it has a letter of intent in hand from a group of First Nations in

Local news

Manitoba government remains committed to Port of Churchill and rail line

Steve Ashton is confident good times will return to Canada’s Arctic port

By Allan Dawson December 11, 2015

The Manitoba government isn’t prepared to let the Port of Churchill and the railway that serves it die, says Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton. And he’s confident the federal government isn’t either. Ashton said he met with his federal counterpart Marc Garneau in Ottawa as well as Winnipeg South Liberal MP Terry Duguid

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle fall

U.S. grains: Wheat sets fresh eight-week low as ample global supply continues to weigh

Larger Canadian canola and wheat ending stocks expected

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