WINNIPEG — New cash for the Port of Churchill, and a commitment to further the project, came from the province Sunday as Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Premier Wab Kinew.

They issued a joint announcement hours before the Grey Cup, which Carney visited Winnipeg to watch.

Manitoba has slated another $51 million for Hudson Bay rail line upgrades and a new critical minerals storage facility at the northern port. The province’s total project investment sits at $87.5 million.

Some federal funding will flow to the Arctic Research Foundation for a feasibility study on the use of icebreakers, ice tugs and research vessels at the port. Ottawa announced $175 million for the Port of Churchill Plus project last March.

Carney and Kinew, in their statement, said they aim to release a strategy an

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