(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, May 25, 2012)
WINNIPEG — Winnipeg is being touted as a distribution centre for frozen foods shipped by rail between Canada and Mexico. Trucks are currently the mode of choice for hauling frozen food by land between Canada and Mexico. According to the Winnipeg Free Press, it’s just a matter of time before some of those shipments start moving by rail, and when they do, Winnipeg would be an obvious choice to serve as a national distribution centre because of its central location and its excellent north-south railway connections
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