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The Canadian government recently announced it will provide $5.2 million in federal funding for the Keewatin Railway Co., a passenger and freight railroad owned and operated by three First Nations communities. The railroad will use the funds to improve passenger-rail service between The Pas and Pukatawagan, Manitoba.

Keewatin Railway will use $4.1 million in Economic Action Plan funds to rehabilitate track, acquire a locomotive and other rail equipment, and construct a locomotive repair facility in The Pas and a new station in Pukatawagan. The railroad also will use $1.1 million from Transport Canada's Regional and Remote Passenger Rail Service Class Contribution Program to replace ties and culverts.