June 1, 2009, Promoting CentrePort Canada a Top Priority for Meeting on North American Relations: Doer
Premier Gary Doer is joining a group of Canadian premiers and Mexican and American governors in Quebec City for the 2009 Leaders’ Summit on North American relations, where he will continue...

April 14, 2009, Governments Make Major Infrastructure Investments in Inland Port

Dec. 22, 2008, Manitoba's Inland Port Open for Business: Doer

Sept. 19, 2008, Business Initiative To Support Inland Port Development

Sept. 10, 2008, Province Introduces Legislation which Could Create Inland Port Corporation

 

October 14, 2009: Deal puts city on investors' map
The creation of Canada's first-ever foreign trade zone at CentrePort Canada will put the country back on the menu of options for international site selectors.
By: Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press

October 10, 2009: CentrePort already getting inquiries from abroad
JUST one day after CentrePort was named to become Canada's first foreign trade zone in a pilot project, CentrePort's phone is starting to ring. CentrePort board chairman Kerry Hawkins said Friday they've already had calls from interested manufacturers from Korea, Europe, and ...
By: Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press

October 9, 2009: Province, feds give CentrePort $3.5M, Expected to be Canada's first foreign trade zone
The federal and Manitoba governments have taken a multi-million-dollar step towards creating Canada's first foreign trade zone. Premier Gary Doer and Stockwell Day, minister of international trade and the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced $3.5 million in joint funding for CentrePort Canada at the...
By: Geoff Kirbyson, Winnipeg Free Press

September 17, 2009, Civil Servant to be Named CentrePort CEO
OTTAWA -- Manitoba's deputy finance minister has been tapped to head Winnipeg's inland port initiative, the Free Press has learned. Diane Gray -- one of the most powerful public servants in Manitoba who helped negotiate the development of CentrePort Canada Inc., -- will be named as its first...More
By: Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press

May 17, 2009, "Port on the Prairies", Supply-chain economics key to becoming international trade hub

Winnipeg— You can call it organized chaos. But the vice-president of Winnipeg-based Richlu Manufacturing has an even more colourful description for the perfect storm of supply and demand that keeps the workwear maker humming along like a high-performance engine....More
by Joel Schlesinger, Winnipeg Free Press

May 5, 2009, Inland port's potential touted
In in his first public address as chairman of CentrePort Canada, Kerry Hawkins characterized the potential scale of development surrounding the inland port as being unprecedented for Winnipeg. "Thousands of jobs, billions of dollars in investment, that is the course we are on," Hawkins...More
By: Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press