Other Manitoba and Saskatchewan Developments

[bomberjet]

AGG (HBR now formally falls under AGG) are/will be doing track engineering assessments of all their track. Planned to increase tonnage on the Flin Flon route in a big way to account for the shipments from the mine site mentioned here. They will be planning upgrades based on the findings from the assessments.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

AGG (HBR now formally falls under AGG) are/will be doing track engineering assessments of all their track. Planned to increase tonnage on the Flin Flon route in a big way to account for the shipments from the mine site mentioned here. They will be planning upgrades based on the findings from the assessments.

nice



shame lynn lake blew off shares in this stuff saying we will never have any industry why bother idiots wish i could run for councle up here but i cant because i work for the water utility so dumb

[bomberjet]

The assessments on the Flin Flon route are underway. Currently in desktop phase I believe with field work phase in the next 1-2 months.

The Bay line as they call it to Churchill. Proposals from consultants are due soon with work to get underway in the next month I believe. They want all assessment done by summer so they can prioritize upgrades and funding where's it's needed most.

Both assessments are from The Pas to end of track. So they're doing the whole shebang.

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Arctic Gateway says they are in talks with Eldorado Gold, new owners of the big copper mine opening this year at McIlvenna Bay, SK., west of Flin Flon. They do not have a smelter, so will need to ship concentrated ore out.

According to this, the concentrated ore will be shipped by up to 19 trucks per day to the Hudson Bay Railway railhead in MB. It would make sense for some of that to go to Churchill if the infrastructure is there.

https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/eal/registries/6264/eap.pdf

Interesting the want to ship by truck to Cranberry Portage and not somewhere closer, like Flin Flon. I guess skipping the zig zaggy track through the lakes is better option for them. I haven't read the full document there, just skimmed. Thanks for sharing.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Interesting the want to ship by truck to Cranberry Portage and not somewhere closer, like Flin Flon. I guess skipping the zig zaggy track through the lakes is better option for them. I haven't read the full document there, just skimmed. Thanks for sharing.

I see there is a 3-track siding and a small bulk transload operation already in CP. I suppose once you have the ore on a truck it's no biggie to drive the extra 46km.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Stormer

I see there is a 3-track siding and a small bulk transload operation already in CP. I suppose once you have the ore on a truck it's no biggie to drive the extra 46km.

they truck thompsons con to suburdy constantly

[bomberjet]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/east-st-paul-housing-development-drawing-opposition/

Are these people idiots or? "We like living in our current development in East St Paul and dont want any other developments to happen on others people land."

[Mr Tall Forehead]

^ the answer to your first four words are 'yes, most definitely, yes'.

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/east-st-paul-housing-development-drawing-opposition/

Are these people idiots or? "We like living in our current development in East St Paul and dont want any other developments to happen on others people land."

It’s the usual pearl clutching of people who fear any change that exposes the passage of time, and bruises the egos of people who are past their prime. Give me a break, as if in the past 30 years a ton of new housing hasn’t gone up in birds hill area. I find it somewhat doubtful that they feel intense nostalgia about roundup and manure being sprayed next door…

[Stormer]

There is one before the Planning Commission in Regina right now where the owner wants to rezone his land for single family from multi-family and several neighbors have formally opposed it based on their desire that the land never be developed!

[Stormer]

The SK Ministry of Highways needs to buy this bridge being auctioned in Regina as temporary fix for the collapsed Smoothstone River Bridge that is preventing access to Cameco's highly productive uranium mines. They can build a new bridge in parallel, which I assume will take years.
https://www.mcdougallauction.com/products-full-view.php?arg=9076F8C2-BF7A-432F-9292-0AD1382E1D8E

Video of bridge collapsing here:
https://www.cjme.com/2026/05/11/cameco-h...as-bridge-collapse-impedes-supply-route/

[pspeid]

Carney announces support for the Gray's Bay Port and Road project:

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/carney-points-to-grays-bay-as-key-nation-building-project/

That's it folks. The dream of expanding the Port of Churchill is all but dead, if it were ever a realistic plan in the first place. I expect MB will receive a few crumbs of left-over "nation building" money here and there, plus a pat on the head and a participant ribbon for being a good little trooper, but nothing that will actually advance the economy significantly.

What's especially frustrating is that Manitoba is basically in a trap. Yes, we have minerals, but we don't seem to have anything in the vast quantities that seem to justify "nation-building" money from the government. We only represent a small handful of seats in parliament, so we don't have much political pull. The thought of joining with pro-Trump bootlickers like PP, Smith or Moe to get some political leverage makes me sick to my stomach. It looks like whatever Manitoba is able to do to build it's economy, it will have to do by itself.

Big, big challenges ahead.

[Kswiss83]

Silica is really our only hope in Manitoba

[bomberjet]

No, its not. Not yet. The Government plans to spend like $200 billion dollars for this nation building program over the next 5-10 years. Gray's Bay announced about $1 billion in cost.

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Carney announces support for the Gray's Bay Port and Road project:

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/carney-points-to-grays-bay-as-key-nation-building-project/

That's it folks. The dream of expanding the Port of Churchill is all but dead, if it were ever a realistic plan in the first place. I expect MB will receive a few crumbs of left-over "nation building" money here and there, plus a pat on the head and a participant ribbon for being a good little trooper, but nothing that will actually advance the economy significantly.

What's especially frustrating is that Manitoba is basically in a trap. Yes, we have minerals, but we don't seem to have anything in the vast quantities that seem to justify "nation-building" money from the government. We only represent a small handful of seats in parliament, so we don't have much political pull. The thought of joining with pro-Trump bootlickers like PP, Smith or Moe to get some political leverage makes me sick to my stomach. It looks like whatever Manitoba is able to do to build it's economy, it will have to do by itself.

Big, big challenges ahead.

The article linked was published in June of 2025, there’s been advancements on Churchill since then.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

The article linked was published in June of 2025, there’s been advancements on Churchill since then.

Sorry about the old article, I should have checked that date. However, the most recent announcement about Gray's Bay was just in the last couple of days.

I'm glad there's advancements on Churchill, but I just can't see any urgency there if Gray's Bay is rushed along to become the arctic deep water port the country needs. The Gray's Bay project includes a new 227 km all-season road, and that funding was announced on March 12 of this year. That, plus the near-impossible timeline of making Churchill ready to ship LNG by 2030 makes me think Churchill as a major project just isn't on the radar, and I don't see anything else in the province the Feds want to support other than some smaller-scale supports for the odd business here and there.

I'd love to be wrong, but MB just isn't that important to the Feds.

[Mr Tall Forehead]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Sorry about the old article, I should have checked that date. However, the most recent announcement about Gray's Bay was just in the last couple of days.

I'm glad there's advancements on Churchill, but I just can't see any urgency there if Gray's Bay is rushed along to become the arctic deep water port the country needs. The Gray's Bay project includes a new 227 km all-season road, and that funding was announced on March 12 of this year. That, plus the near-impossible timeline of making Churchill ready to ship LNG by 2030 makes me think Churchill as a major project just isn't on the radar, and I don't see anything else in the province the Feds want to support other than some smaller-scale supports for the odd business here and there.

I'd love to be wrong, but MB just isn't that important to the Feds.

For context...

The Gray's Bay project received $50M from the feds to do exploratory work on building a road a developing a port.

https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resourc...and-strengthen-northern-communities.html

The port of Churchill expansion project has already received $175M of federal funding and $87.5M of provincial funding to move the project forward ($262.5M total government funding).

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/...nister-mark-carney-and-premier-wab-kinew

Consider it $50M to do a feasibility study on a road and port vs. $262.5M to actually upgrade an existing railway and expand an existing port.

We're still good bro.

[bomberjet]

There's so much going on with this program. At my workplace, there is a list of projects being tracked on "nation building' and it's close to 100 right now. Churchill is 1000% still on everyone's radar. There are negotiations and discussions happening all the time. Like daily.

It's just getting over that hurdle to sign an agreement with a larger scale user of the port. Ie: LNG shipper. There is a 0% chance LNG ships out of Churchill by 2030. The 2030's is more like it. Everyone knows that including the PM. The Feds based on their commitments, will come forward with a firm deal on Churchill once the private sector comes on board. Hopefully Wabber has an update on that soon.

[1ajs]

anyone got any inside info on what on earth it going on with leaf rapids rummers flying around the province wants to boot everyone out

[Jeff]

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