May 17th, 2010
Conservation minister speaks about Manitoba’s east side opportunity
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May 13th, 2010
Time to get serious about songbirds
In the frosty pre-dawn darkness, Bridget Stutchbury is slipping stealthily through the Pennsylvania woodlands, occasionally flashing a light to illuminate a landmark. She is trailing a philanderer, hoping to catch the hussy in the act. For two hours she tracks her target by sound and radio — and she fails.
May 6th, 2010
Can the Federal Government save Canada’s Boreal woodland caribou?
This commentary by Eric Hebert-Daly, CPAWS’ National Executive Director, appeared in The Hill Times on April 26, 2010. It’s 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity. The seven-year old federal Species At Risk Act is under review by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment. It’s timely to ask
April 25th, 2010
MANITOBA’S BEAUDRY PROVINCIAL PARK FEATURED IN ROBERT BATEMAN ‘GET TO KNOW’ PROGRAM
Young people will have the opportunity to get to know their wild neighbours in Beaudry Provincial Park through the provincially supported Robert Bateman Get to Know program, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie said today on Earth Day. “The program will help introduce young people to the wonders of Manitoba’s natural areas
April 20th, 2010
NDP and Manitobans being lazy
Once again the embarrassing numbers are out showing how awful Manitoba’s record is in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Embarrassing may not describe things aptly enough; abysmal and horrendous is much better. As if a risky taxpayer-funded deal for a new football stadium and running five more years of deficit budgets
April 20th, 2010
They roam on the range
CHITEK LAKE — Oh, give me a home… In 1991, the Manitoba government did just that. Except it wasn’t a home where the buffalo roam, like in the old song. It was a home where the buffalo could roam. That year, Manitoba Conservation released 13 wood bison into the unorganized
April 20th, 2010
MANITOBANS TO TURN EYES TO THE SKIES IN FIRST PROVINCEWIDE BIRD COUNT
The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas will be a comprehensive gathering of information that will help preserve our unique avian populations, said Manitoba Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Rod Bruinooge. “The Breeding Bird Atlas will be one of the largest citizen scientist volunteer efforts ever
March 30th, 2010
Caribou herds worldwide experiencing serious decline: Study
A Canadian study of global caribou populations has produced what scientists are calling a “dramatic revelation” that numbers of the iconic species — pictured on the Canadian quarter — have plunged 60 per cent in the past 30 years. The study, co-authored by University of Alberta biologists Liv Vors and
March 30th, 2010
Tourism boon for east side
Re: East side tourism (March 24). I was pleased to read the province will be investing $2.5 million on a new aboriginal cultural centre near Hollow Water—the gateway to the heart of the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The announcement also includes a separate fund for
March 25th, 2010
Debating Bipole III
Re: Billion dollar bungles (March 22). Jim Carr is either misinformed or he is deliberately misrepresenting the facts. From what I understand, Manitoba’s two largest energy customers, Minnesota and Wisconsin, are very much concerned with not only the financial cost of their power, but also the social and environmental methods
March 24th, 2010
Conservation spending takes a hit
FOR a budget awash in red, there was little in the way of green for environmentalists and that had them feeling blue. The Conservation Department saw its budget cut by 5.4 per cent—placing it squarely in the category of the spending-priority have-nots. “The environment is not a luxury; it’s something
March 19th, 2010
Lobby groups target province on BiPole issue
Canadian, Manitoban and U.S. groups launched a new eduction blitz today as part of an effort to urge the Manitoba Government to keep its commitment to not construct the BiPole III hydro transmission line on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. Heading up the attack is a new website called