Insights and Stories on Great Lakes

St. Lawrence Seaway sees increased tonnage in 2023

Jan. 31, 2024 at 6:00 pm CST

Cargo movement through the St. Lawrence Seaway was up by more than 3.4 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, with nearly 38 million tonnes of cargo moved through the binational system, according to a joint report from the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLMC) and the United States Great Lakes St. Lawrence Development Corporation (GLS).

Feds pledge up to $26.3 million for expansion at Port Windsor

Jan. 12, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Seaway workers serve strike notice

Oct. 19, 2023 at 7:56 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

More than half of world’s large lakes drying up, study finds

May. 18, 2023 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Gloria Dickie

Lake Erie grain terminal sold to main tenant

Feb. 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Most of Prairies already covered in snow

Nov. 23, 2020 at 4:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Most of the Canadian Prairies were already blanked in snow by late November, with the deepest snowpack in Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to data compiled by Environment Canada and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Aside from the Rocky Mountains and some areas around the Great […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Ice-free Great Lakes mean sunny outlook for seaway

Feb. 16, 2016 at 2:52 pm CST

CNS Canada — A lack of ice on the Great Lakes means Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway will start shipping grain earlier than last year. Last year the seaway’s opening was delayed until the beginning of April, due to the amount of ice in the system, according to Bruce Hodgson, director […]

By Jade Markus

CWB’s new laker boat opens St. Lawrence Seaway

Apr. 2, 2015 at 6:41 pm CDT

The first of CWB’s new laker vessels marked the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway for 2015 on Thursday, passing through the South Shore Canal’s St. Lambert Lock near Montreal. The seaway navigation season’s official opening had previously been set for March 27, but officials opted in early March […]

By Staff

Return to ‘normal’ ice conditions expected for Great Lakes

Dec. 3, 2014 at 7:54 pm CST

CNS Canada — After record ice levels kept shipping lanes on the Great Lakes closed longer than normal during the 2013-14 winter, a return to more normal ice conditions is in the forecasts for 2014-15, according to data compiled by the North American Ice Service and released Wednesday. “Right now, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin