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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 73, No. 49 | $1.75
December 3, 2015
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TB testing contained to core area Continued producer co-operation is needed to eradicate the disease by 2024 BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Strathclair
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ovine TB testing will be restricted to the core area around Riding Mountain National Park, and there are plans to move away from onfarm testing altogether, producers heard at a Manitoba Beef Producers district meeting here last month. “We are already into the 2015-16 program,” said Dr. Al-
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Port of Churchill, rail line on the sales block: Harrison
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OmniTrax wants more financial help from government — or it wants out either the railway or the port needs more support, or perhaps another owner or Co-operator staff operator could take it over and see what they could do,” Tweed told Jack Dawes on he owners of the Port of Churchill 98.5 FM The Rock, Yorkton, Sask. “We’ve spoken to both levels of govand the rail line serving it say it’s up for sale unless governments agree ernment and suggested to them that the railway truly is a utility into the North and to provide more support. Merv Tweed, the president of OmniTrax should be treated that way.” Tweed declined to discuss how much Canada, a subsidiary of Denver-based rail company OmniTrax, did not return OmniTrax would be willing to sell the phone messages before press time port for, or how much government Monday. But he said in an interview with support would be needed to keep it a Saskatchewan radio reporter Nov. 26 operating. But he said his company has invested that OmniTrax wants help — or it wants nearly $100 million in addition to governout. “Obviously after a tough year in the ment programs to develop the port and grain industry we’ve looked at a lot of line since it took ownership in 1997. He said it has commissioned studies that things and come to the conclusion that T:10.25” BY ALLAN DAWSON
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found the line’s value to northern economy is in excess of $40 million annually. “I think it’s really important for people to understand this about service to communities that live along the line to the Port of Churchill, and for them to continue to receive the services.” Tweed said OmniTrax has spoken to both levels of government. It wants answers before the end of the year.
Uncertain future Sinclair Harrison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA), an organization of farmers and citizens that supports the port and two other HBRA officials met with Tweed See CHURCHILL on page 6 »
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