Omnitrax not solely to blame for Churchill, Manitoba debacle

By Ian Robson, Winnipeg Sun; December 20, 2017

For more than 100 years, the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay was the gateway to northern Manitoba and communities in Nunavut Territory.

Served by 820 kilometres of railway line from The Pas, Manitoba, it shipped western grain to European markets until the Port was stranded, then closed and the hundreds of remote northern communities along the railway line were left isolated as the Port and railway’s private owner, Omnitrax, failed to repair the tracks after flooding in early 2016.

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