The Port of Churchill is shown from The Flats area of Churchill, Man., on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)
Prairie grain will begin moving through the Port of Churchill this week for the first time since 2020, marking a major milestone in the revitalization of Canada’s only deepwater Arctic seaport.
Arctic Gateway Group says beginning this Friday, grain will travel north on the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas to the Port of Churchill for export, with multiple vessels set to ship the grain to global markets later this summer.
“This is an important day for Arctic Gateway Group, for Prairie producers, and for the Indigenous and northern communities that own this corridor,” said Mike Spence, chair of AGG and mayor of Churchill, in a release.
Spence said the port will also export critical minerals, potash, and industrial goods and equipment to Nunavut this year.
The province is currently in discussions about the Port of Churchill’s future with First Nations, northern communities and the Manitoba Crown Indigenous Corporation.
A proposal to expand and upgrade infrastructure at the Hudson Bay port at Churchill was referred last year to Ottawa’s major projects office by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney has said he wants to see liquefied natural gas shipping out of the port by 2030.
— With files from The Canadian Press
