The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that despite a $320-million federal investment and $87.5-million in provincial support to revamp the Port of Churchill, Saskatchewan farmers and miners still prefer shipping grain and potash to Vancouver. Postmedia's Nykole King writes that the recent shipment marked the first grain export from the northern port in six years, but industry advocate Bruce Burrows of Grain Growers of Canada doubts it will alter the shipping status quo. He says, "We're happy to see it move, but I just don't think the growth potential is going to be that great." The Arctic Gateway Group has managed the port and the Hudson Bay Railway's short line from The Pas since 2018. It's not a replacement for Vancouver, but Arctic Gateway president Chris Avery says it's a smaller player that can offset some of the pressures as Canada wants to double its exports as it diversifies from the United States market. Canpotex, the joint marketing arm for Nutrien's and Mosaic's potash exports, says the route is "not a suitable option" for its heavy railcars of potassium fertilizer. Export-oriented companies welcome an additional corridor, but some say they plan to stick with the longer Vancouver route.