Ontario Northland's train service between Cochrane and Toronto will make its final run Sept. 28, Northern Development Minister Rick Bartolucci announced Thursday. "In a time of fiscal belt-tightening, we cannot afford an inefficient and expensive government-owned transportation and telecommunications system," Bartolucci said. The Liberal government announced plans to sell the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission in the March budget, saying it's annual subsidy had grown from $27 million in 2003 to about $100 million a year. Buses will continue to serve the communities, and the Polar Bear Express train between Cochrane and Moosonee will not be affected.
