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Prince Rupert port gets $154M in infrastructure funding
Prince Rupert, BC — The Government of Canada announced financial investments totalling $153.7 million through its National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF) to support three separate critical trade infrastructure projects to facilitate growth and enable further trade development at the Port…
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YMX gets $50M for infrastucture upgrades
Montreal, QC — In an effort to accommodate the growth of export and import volumes, Transport Canada announced an investment of $50 million to improve air freight and logistics at the International Aerocity of Mirabel. The work includes refurbishing and…
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Extending rail line to Quebec port to be studied
Baie-Comeau, QC — Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced a new investment of $7.4 million to determine the feasibility of extending the existing rail line at Dolbeau-Mistassini to the rail and marine terminal at Baie-Comeau. This extension would give Canadian companies…
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Rust belt China looks abroad as economy slows, tariffs bite
Yingkou, China — From Thailand to Kenya, trains run on tracks from steel mills in China’s northeast, a rust-belt region that is trying to capitalize on a multibillion-dollar national initiative to build ports, railways and other projects abroad. Announced in…
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Northerners applaud funding for long awaited road through Arctic tundra
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions of dollars in mineral resources. Transport Minister Marc Garneau pledged…
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Funding for Sarnia-Lambton corridor improvements
Sarnia, ON — Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced a major investment of $6 million for a project in the Sarnia-Lambton corridor and Port of Sarnia, which will increase the efficiency of moving Canadian goods to international markets. Improvements to…
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Vancouver port to get $102M in transportation infrastructure funds
Vancouver, BC — The Federal government announced a major investment of $102 million for five projects that will increase efficiency at the Port of Vancouver and move Canadian goods to international markets. The projects are: $42.7 million to consolidate the operations…
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CTA unveils infrastructure wish list
Ottawa, ON — Every year the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), in concert with Provincial Trucking Association partners, issues its list of major infrastructure priorities. The focus of the list is aimed at projects which will improve Canada’s internal and international road-based…
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Senate Committee calls for improvements to trucking routes and border infrastructure
The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry released its new report this week titled Made in Canada: Growing Canada’s value-added food sector, which highlighted the central role trucking plays in the agriculture and food sector. CTA appeared before the…
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Railway to be built to connect Alaska to Canada and Lower 48
Anchorage, AK — The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) and the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation (A2A) have established a Master Agreement of Cooperation toward building a 1,500-mile connection between the Alaska Railroad and Canadian railroads that also serve the…
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Montreal’s costly new Champlain Bridge opens to northbound traffic
Montreal, QC — Six months late and millions of dollars over budget, Montreal’s new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to northbound traffic Monday morning, officially beginning the replacement of its crumbling but very busy predecessor. Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne…
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New Brunswick port gets $17M to increase capacity
Belledune, NB — Transport Canada announced a major investment of $17 million to increase capacity at the Port of Belledune to move Canadian goods to international markets The project includes filling in the water gap between Terminals 3 and 4 to…