For the first time in six years, grain shipments have resumed out of the Port of Churchill this week.

A ship is being loaded with 30,000 tonnes of wheat durum from Saskatchewan-based AGT Foods this week, destined for Europe.

“What we’re witnessing is the return of Churchill as a vital arctic gateway,” federal minister of northern and arctic affairs Rebecca Chartrand said during a ceremony to mark the shipment on Monday.

The ship is the first of three ships slated to leave the port, which is Canada’s only arctic seaport, this season. Another ship will arrive this week to be loaded with zinc concentrate and potash, mined in Manitoba.

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