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Omnitrax Churchill Port Plan Dead On The Tracks 4 April 14

Canada's federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt came out bluntly against shipping oil through the north any time soon, in statements that will stop plans to ship oil by rail through Churchill dead on the tracks.

Oil from Alberta and the Bakken oilfields in North Dakota would be shipped north by rail and then either held at the port or loaded directly into waiting ships.

"There are something like 350 water bodies within 10 metres of the track between The Pas and Churchill, so there is a tremendous risk of oil being spilled into the water, and it just won't be removed," said Eric Reder of the Wilderness Committee in Manitoba.

View March 28, 2014 Winnipeg Free Press article
View March 27, 2014 Wildernes Committee article
View January 2, 2014 Rabble.ca forum thread
View October 1, 2013 Global News article
View September 20, 2013 CBC News article
View August 23, 2013 CBC News article
View March 26, 2014 Planet Ark article

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