Feds announce funding for Churchill, Man., as rail dispute continues
CHURCHILL, Man. — The federal government has announced millions of dollars in economic diversification and research money for a northern Manitoba town that lost its rail service this year.
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the money will be used to help create jobs in Churchill, which is dealing with higher shipping costs and a drop in the vital tourism industry.
The town of 900 people on Hudson Bay lost its only land connection to the south last spring, when railway owner Omnitrax announced it would not repair severe flood damage to the region’s rail line.
Since then, goods and people have had to be flown in at much higher cost.