Ottawa to offset higher gas prices after Churchill, Manitoba, lost its rail link

By The Canadian Press, National Post; February 17, 2018

CHURCHILL, Man. — The federal government says it will help residents of Churchill, Man., offset the higher prices for gasoline they’ve been paying since the northern Manitoba community lost its rail link.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr announced Friday that $132,870 from the Churchill and Region Economic Development Fund will allow a fuel supplier to restore prices to where they were when the rail line was washed out last year.

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