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

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

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

Crops

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

Opinion, Other

Opinion: OmniTrax not only ones that derailed Churchill

There’s plenty of other culprits in this sad story 

By Ian Robson January 15, 2018

For over 100 years, the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay was the gateway to northern Manitoba and communities in Nunavut. Served by 820 kilometres of railway line from The Pas, it shipped western grain to European markets until the port was stranded, then closed, and the hundreds of remote northern communities along the railway

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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

Crops, Weather

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

Crops, Weather

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

Crops

Development fund set up for Churchill

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 30, 2016

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

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Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainties remain

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus August 9, 2016

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

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‘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

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

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Tag Archives Hudson Bay

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

Opinion: OmniTrax not only ones that derailed Churchill

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

Development fund set up for Churchill

Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainties remain

‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

Considering Churchill’s future

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