Canadian North's New Cargo Facility Opens in Ottawa, Speeding Northern Resupply
In Ottawa, Canada, Canadian North's new cargo facility at Ottawa International Airport officially opened on October 5. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty and Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand attended on behalf of Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon. The federal government invested up to $11 million in the facility through the National Trade Corridors Fund.
The new facility increases general cargo storage capacity by more than 40 percent and refrigerated storage capacity by about 85 percent, while cutting truck wait times from 30 to 60 minutes down to 5 to 10 minutes. It is located at 145 Thad Johnson Private at the airport.
Ottawa is a key gateway for Canadian North's resupply flights to northern and remote communities in Nunavut, Nunavik and the Northwest Territories. The added capacity and cold storage will speed up transfers of food, medicine and everyday goods.
The National Trade Corridors Fund is the federal government's long-term program for trade infrastructure such as ports, airports, railways and roads, aimed at easing supply-chain bottlenecks and moving Canadian products to market more efficiently.
Source: Transport Canada
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Photo: 加拿大北方航空一架波音737-300客机在努纳武特伊魁特。/ A Canadian North Boeing 737-300 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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