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Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 2, 2018

CNS Canada – After being shut down for 18 months, rail service to Churchill, Man. officially reopened on Nov. 1. The northern Manitoba community and deep water port on Hudson’s Bay lost its only land link to the rest of Canada in May 2017 when flooding and washouts severed the line. Omnitrax, which had owned […] Read more

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Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm 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 […] Read more

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Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainties remain

By 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 […] Read more

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Northern port supporters appeal to government

By Alberta Farmer Staff July 29, 2016

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

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Farmers dismayed over Port of Churchill closure

By Alberta Farmer Staff, MarketsFarm Team July 26, 2016

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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Port of Churchill closing, blindsiding workers, industry alike

By Erin Debooy July 26, 2016

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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‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm 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 […] Read more

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Churchill’s first shipment of season now loading

By Jade Markus September 9, 2015

Churchill, Man. | CNS Canada — Grain loading has started on the first vessel of the season to reach Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill. The Clipper Bettina arrived at the Hudson Bay port Sunday and began receiving grain Wednesday. The vessel is to leave for Africa within days, with 36,000 tonnes of hard red spring […] Read more

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Churchill caps off challenging year

By Dave Sims November 14, 2014

CNS Canada — The harsh winter of 2013-14 appears to have taken a toll on the tonnage of grain and oilseeds shipped through Hudson Bay during its now-concluded shipping season. Just 540,000 tonnes of wheat and other products including durum and canola were shipped through the Port of Churchill in 2014. Last year, that number […] Read more

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Churchill enjoys busy shipping year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm November 1, 2013

Churchill is nearing the end of a busy grain shipping season, with the tonnage moving through the northern port expected to come in well above the previous year. “We’ll be wrapping up in the next 10 to 12 days,” Darcy Brede, president and chief operating officer of OmniTRAX, said last week. More than 500,000 tonnes […] Read more

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Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainties remain

Northern port supporters appeal to government

Farmers dismayed over Port of Churchill closure

Port of Churchill closing, blindsiding workers, industry alike

‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

Churchill’s first shipment of season now loading

Churchill caps off challenging year

Churchill enjoys busy shipping year

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