Insights and Stories on Hudson Bay

Port of Churchill moves to 100 per cent local ownership

Mar. 11, 2021 at 6:24 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The Port of Churchill is undergoing an ownership transition that will see its OneNorth community and Indigenous partners assume 100 per cent ownership of the Hudson Bay port and the rail line connecting it to northwestern Manitoba. The Churchill Marine Tank Farm and associated assets are also part […]

First of four vessels arrives in Churchill

Sep. 25, 2020 at 9:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Churchill’s shipping season to start next month

Aug. 14, 2020 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years

Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

Jul. 11, 2019 at 2:45 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ottawa budgets $117 million to reconnect Churchill

Sep. 15, 2018 at 11:13 am CDT

The federal government’s latest commitment to restore and maintain rail service from the eastern Prairies up to Hudson Bay will involve $117 million over the next 10 years. Ottawa’s pledge follows the Aug. 31 announcement of a deal for a private/public partnership group to buy the Hudson Bay Railway line, […]

By GFM Staff

Grain firms warn of competitive fairness on Churchill assistance

Sep. 6, 2018 at 5:38 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) wants assurances that any government incentives used to upgrade the rail line to Churchill, Man., and the port there are not used to support competing businesses. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the WGEA, said the organization’s membership of major grain-handling companies […]

By Terry Fries

AGT sees ‘further port access’ in Hudson Bay deal

Sep. 4, 2018 at 9:11 pm CDT

The grain industry player in a deal to restore and restart the Hudson Bay Railway and Port of Churchill has factored the port’s access to Arctic tidewater into its business plan. Regina-based pulse processor AGT Food and Ingredients is one of the members of the Arctic Gateway Group, which on […]

By GFM Staff

Hudson Bay rail line repairs to start ‘immediately’

Sep. 2, 2018 at 9:54 pm CDT

Off-and-on talks toward a new ownership group for the Hudson Bay Railway have produced a deal, which it’s hoped will lead to the line’s repair before this winter, federal officials announced Friday. Federal Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr and Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the Arctic Gateway Group Limited […]

By GFM Staff

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

May. 30, 2018 at 8:54 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

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Insights and Stories on Hudson Bay

Port of Churchill moves to 100 per cent local ownership

First of four vessels arrives in Churchill

Churchill’s shipping season to start next month

Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

Ottawa budgets $117 million to reconnect Churchill

Grain firms warn of competitive fairness on Churchill assistance

AGT sees ‘further port access’ in Hudson Bay deal

Hudson Bay rail line repairs to start ‘immediately’

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

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