Construction resumes at pea plant

More than a year after the ground breaking was held on Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson, construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We took the opportunity to include some upgrades to allow […] Read more

More than a year after the ground breaking was held on Roquette's pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man. construction resumed on it at the end of October. | Winnipeg Free Press photo

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

More than a year after the ground breaking was held on Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man. construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” “We took the opportunity to include some upgrades to allow […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among those present in Churchill for the official reopening. The federal government contributed $117 million for the acquisition and repair of the rail line. | Twitter/@JustinTrudeau photo

Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

WINNIPEG — After being shut down for 18 months, rail service to Churchill, Man., officially reopened on Nov. 1. The northern Manitoba community and deep water port on Hudson’s Bay lost its only land link to the rest of Canada in May 2017 when flooding and washouts severed the line. Omnitrax, which had owned the […] Read more