Derailment on the only rail line to Churchill, Man. caused a shut down

A derailment on the only rail line to Churchill, Man.  caused a shut down and people from the remote War Lake First Nation are becoming desperate, reported the CBC. They rely on the Omnitrax Canada line to get them to Thompson, a four-hour train ride, for groceries. The community had to charter a plane because they were running out of food, said the chief “We don’t have any of the necessities — bread, eggs,” even formula for babies and milk, said Chief Betsy Kennedy, and community members have become stranded in Thompson unable to return home. The track is built across a bog and derailments are a regular concern, she told the CBC. “This is more than an inconvenience. I have band members stuck in Thompson who need to get home to take care of loved ones and to earn their living,” Kennedy added in a press release issued through the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and Keewatin Tribal Council Inc.