Overview
- Arctic Gateway Group has completed a new critical mineral storage facility at the Port of Churchill, tripling its capacity for strategic commodities.
- The Hudson Bay Railway now operates two weekly wayfreight trains after track upgrades and staff training restored service to its best condition in over three decades.
- The first Arctic supply vessel of the season departed over the weekend bound for Nunavut’s Kivalliq region with construction equipment and essential goods.
- Federal and Manitoba government investments totaling millions of dollars have backed port and railway improvements to diversify Canada’s trade beyond U.S. corridors.
- University of Manitoba research predicts fully open sea lanes in Hudson Bay within a generation, informing long-term plans for year-round Arctic shipping.