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July 19th, 2010

Entrance to the Wilderness

Manigotagan River Provincial Park Wallace Lake Provincial Park Nopiming Provincial Park Nopiming means “entrance to the wilderness” in Anishinabe. This term couldn’t be any more true, when applied to Nopiming Provincial Park. Straddling the Manitoba – Ontario border and bookended between the unspoiled wilderness of Atikaki Wilderness Park and the

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July 19th, 2010

Colourful lake jewel of new park

The provincial government is inviting Manitobans to participate in the creation of a new provincial park. The park would be in north-central Manitoba at Little Limestone Lake, a 15-kilometre body of water north of Grand Rapids. The lake is in a limestone region with underground drainage and many cavities and

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July 16th, 2010

MANITOBA SENDS KIDS TO CAMP

Organized camping and ‘camperships’ for children in Manitoba have received $63,200 in funding, Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau announced today in the lead up to Canada’s Parks Day on July 17. “This year, Canada’s Parks Day will recognize the International Year of Biodiversity, a celebration of life

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July 11th, 2010

Group fears for moose, bats at Nopiming and Fisher Bay

The plummeting moose population in Nopiming Provincial Park demonstrates the animals need more space if they are going to survive, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society said Friday.

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Letter of the day: A new garbage hill?

When I drove through the gate at Birds Hill Park last weekend, I was stopped by an officer. He wanted to make sure I was aware it was a liquor-free weekend and that there was no alcohol in my car. After I passed this test, I proceeded to my campsite

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Our parks are zoos

As Leanne Koss suggests, Birds Hill Park has become a dump. But it’s not only Birds Hill but many of the popular provincially run campgrounds in Manitoba. At one time we were avid campers and quite familiar with the problems of casual camping, hence we decided to try “seasonal” camping

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Clean up camp

I travelled to Birds Hill Park for a camping trip this past weekend and once again my campsite had litter scattered all over it when I arrived. The obvious thing to say is park users need to do a better job of cleaning up their waste. What really irks me,

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The land that gives life

AS she surveys the bountiful boreal forest spreading out in all directions from the boulder strewn shore of Weaver Lake, Sophia Rebliauskas reflects on what this land on the east side of Lake Winnipeg means to her people. “It is our home,” says the resident of Poplar River First Nation,

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June 17th, 2010

Group works towards getting world heritage site designation for boreal forest area

A group of First Nations from Manitoba and Ontario are working together to have their traditional lands deemed a UNESCO World Heritage site. “There are fewer and fewer places in the world that have been left undeveloped, unchanged by human activity” said Gord Jones, with the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage

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New trail sections open in province

Two new sections of the Trans-Canada Trail have officially opened today in Winnipeg and the Whiteshell Provincial Park. Healthy Living Minister Jim Rondeau cut the ribbon at the new Caddy Lake footbridge to mark the opening on International Trails Day. “Whether you’re in Winnipeg, rural Manitoba or cottage country, the

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Churchill bears doomed?

Manitoba may have just a handful of polar bears by 2035, as the world’s leading experts on the iconic Arctic species believe the bears that summer around Churchill are doomed.

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New Large Protected Areas Proposed for Manitoba’s Northern Boreal

CPAWS commends Northlands Dene and Sayisi Dene First Nations for their vision and quest to protect their traditional lands and waters in Manitoba’s Boreal Region. The areas proposed for protection are approximately 610,000 hectares – this is larger than PEI. The territories of these First Nations are pristine and home