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Winnipeg will host the Grey Cup in 2025. The CFL made the announcement this morning. “As a proud Winnipegger, I’m absolutely elated to announce the return of the Grey Cup to my hometown,” CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said. “I’m thrilled for the city, the entire province of Manitoba and, of course, for all of our […]
The government of Saskatchewan, along with Manitoba, is in federal court Tuesday to intervene in a judicial review of the Vancouver Port Authority’s new gateway fees. The province says these fees could significantly increase costs for Saskatchewan goods moving through the port of Vancouver. The fees range from 8 to 40 cents per ton for […]
Saskatchewan farmers are hoping for a speedy recovery to grain exports through the West Coast. Rail crews have been working around the clock and have made progress in clearing mudslides on tracks in southern B.C. leading to the Port of Vancouver. CP Rail plans to reopen its railway between Kamloops and Vancouver Tuesday. Thirty locations […]
Bitterly cold weather is affecting grain movement this week. Federal grain movement monitor, Mark Hemmes with Quorum Corporation says train lengths are cut by 15 to 30 percent when temperatures dip, for safety reasons. Hemmes says there are 35 grain ships waiting to load at Vancouver and 8 at Prince Rupert. He says it is […]