By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder A ship left the Port of Churchill this week loaded with about 30,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat, the northern Manitoba town’s first grain shipment in over half a decade. In what government officials say is a significant milestone that was years in the making, this week’s grain shipment bound for Antwerp, Belgium, is one of three leaving the port this season in partnership with Saskatchewan-based pulse producer AGT Foods. Two more ships are being readied to leave the port: one with durum wheat bound for Italy, and another with zinc. The port is also loading a northern resupply vessel bound for Nunavut, says the Arctic Gateway Group. Arctic Gateway Group is owned by a partnership of 41 Indigenous and Bayside communities,…
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