By Steve Lambert THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG- It’s been talked about for generations, and could cost more than $1 billion, but the idea of relocating the rail lines that criss-cross and divide Winnipeg is up for discussion again. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he wants to look at whether the project could be done incrementally. “This is something that’s a hugely expensive potential proposition. But maybe if we look at it in a decades-long timeline … rather than a next-year timeline, then maybe it is realistic,” Kinew said in a year-end interview. Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham said he wants the idea explored, and has recently discussed it with Kinew and federal cabinet minister Dan Vandal. Any changes would also involve the major railway companies. “I know it would be a huge…
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