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
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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

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