Toronto Star: Could natural gas unlock new potential for Churchill’s port?
October 17, 2025 —
Dr. Barry Prentice, Professor and Director of the University of Manitoba Transport Institute (UMTI), Supply Chain Management Department, said such a pipeline would be difficult to build in northern Manitoba, where melting permafrost can lead to engineering challenges, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. “They built a pipeline across Alaska, across some of the same kind of territory, and they built it above ground,” he said.
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