WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government isn’t about to pay for repairs to a washed-out rail line that links the community of Churchill on Hudson Bay to the rest of the province. Premier Brian Pallister says he is waiting on a response from the federal government. The rail line’s owner, Denver-based Omnitrax, said on Tuesday that repairs to flooding damage could be completed over two months this fall and would cost up to $60 million. When asked if the provincial government would buy the rail line if Omnitrax backed out, Pallister replied “of course not.” He said it is a federal issue. Without the rail line, goods have to be flown in to the community of 900 at a much higher cost.

Source: National Post July 19, 2017 22:07 UTC