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Giant cranes lift stranded Via Rail cars as Churchill struggles without rail line

Flooding in May left a Via Rail train stranded in Churchill, Man. It’s been collected by a ship, but the rail line—the town’s main link to other communities—is still in disrepair.

How Ottawa abandoned our only Arctic port

Canada’s only Arctic deep-water port is now closed, leaving workers in Churchill puzzled and any talk of Arctic sovereignty feeling like empty rhetoric