In its first week of operations, GHF’s three distribution sites have been plagued by turmoil.
In Thicket Portage, population around 150, residents gather to meet their rides back to town at the stop, a small wooden shack near the tracks. Here, they unload their luggage and other goods, food, diapers and other staples.The train also ventured into a different zone in eastern Saskatchewan and the cute downtown of Canora, which strangely wasn’t on the train schedule for stops.
As the train heads further south, the landscape changes, the northern forest giving way to crop fields and livestock as the route approaches Winnipeg in southern Manitoba.Passengers wait for baggage near signs advertising Churchill, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Passengers wait for baggage near signs advertising Churchill, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
And finally, after 49 hours, the train pulls into Winnipeg.This glimpse into the beautiful monotony of vast stretches of untouched trees and tan tundra is a trip of a lifetime, which — for some passengers at least — seemed to last that long.
The sun sets and moon rises over a forest Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, between Churchill and Gilliam, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
The sun sets and moon rises over a forest Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, between Churchill and Gilliam, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)He was later identified by police as John Sheldon of Brooklyn. He had been mistakenly identified by police earlier in the day as Sheldon John.
Authorities said they were searching for the other rider, who they described as in his 20s or 30s and who was dressed in black and wearing black headphones.Police said the two men got into an argument on a train after the other man stepped on Sheldon’s shoes. Sheldon was stabbed on the train and in the subway station after the two got off, police said.
Earlier this month, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said there had been no homicides in the transit system during the first three months of the year for the first time in seven years. She added that subway crime from January to March had decreased to the second-lowest level in the first quarter in 27 years.Violent crime is rare overall in the system, which carries millions of riders every day. However, recent high-profile attacks, such as