Insights and Stories on Port Of Churchill

Port of Churchill out of commission for two years

Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:11 pm CDT

The sight of grain vessels being loaded at the Port of Churchill in northern Manitoba won’t happen for two years, according to Sheldon Affleck, chief executive officer of the Arctic Gateway Group (AGG). The group consists of 29 Indigenous and a dozen non-Indigenous communities that own and operate the rail […]

Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

Nov. 2, 2018 at 1:45 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

May. 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

New step in Port of Churchill’s potential sale

Dec. 28, 2016 at 3:23 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainties remain

Aug. 9, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Northern port supporters appeal to government

Jul. 29, 2016 at 4:04 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

Farmers dismayed over Port of Churchill closure

Jul. 26, 2016 at 3:44 pm CDT

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 […]

By MarketsFarm Team Staff

Port of Churchill closing, blindsiding workers, industry alike

Jul. 26, 2016 at 9:00 am CDT

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 […]

By Erin DeBooy

‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

Jun. 16, 2016 at 8:30 pm CDT

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Churchill’s first shipment of season now loading

Sep. 9, 2015 at 6:15 pm CDT

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 […]