内容摘要：“My motto is, ‘I don’t buy cheap horses. I buy good horses cheap,’” he said last year.

“My motto is, ‘I don’t buy cheap horses. I buy good horses cheap,’” he said last year.

Many ride the train weekly, traveling to and from Thompson. At about 13,600 residents, it’s the biggest community the train stops at, besides Winnipeg, with amenities like big-box stores and restaurants.Thompson — just under halfway between Churchill and Winnipeg — is where many Churchill residents train journey ends.

Residents said they often keep cars in Thompson, take the train there and then drive to Winnipeg. They can shave 17 hours off the trip that way, they said.All but two dozen passengers got off at Thompson, the closest bigger community connected to the rest of Manitoba by road.A train travels through remote wilderness Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, near Canora, Saskatchewan. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

A train travels through remote wilderness Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, near Canora, Saskatchewan. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)After leaving Thompson, the train heads to remote First Nation communities on both sides of the route.

And though the journey distance-wise is short, it takes hours by train, with many passengers passing the time playing cards and chatting with each other in the dining car.

The town of The Pas, one of the longer stop on the route, includes a bar right by the station. But the train’s porter warned passengers off it, saying it was a rather rough establishment. She knew because she has been there.“If this is civilized,” Riyad Mansour said, “what is barbarism?”

Wael Tabsh, a displaced man from the city of Khan Younis, urged world leaders to help end the war.“How long will this torture last?” he asked.

Palestinians are desperate for food after nearly three months of Israeli border closures have pushed GazaIsrael says it helped establish the new aid mechanism to prevent Hamas from siphoning off supplies, but it has provided no evidence of systematic diversion, and U.N. agencies say they have mechanisms in place to prevent it while delivering aid to all parts of the territory.