A few municipality representatives met in Winnipeg on Wednesday to discuss the plan of action for the Port of Churchill after being told it would shut down last week.
Thompson Mayor Dennis Fenske was part of that meeting and said they discussed about saving the 2016 grain season and making a longer-term plan for the Port.
Fenske spoke highly of the mayor of Churchill Mike Spence, who has been pushing the town through this difficult time.
10% of the population of Churchill works at the port which is the biggest arctic Port in Canada.
In Thompson, Vale is the big company which employs a percentage of the population. But Mayor Fenske says that the city would still be okay as they are working towards making other services more important.
OmniTrax declared they would stop using the Port of Churchill last week, which also means that 10% of Churchill, who was employed at the Port, will be out of a job.
