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May 30th, 2006

Manitoba criticized on woodland caribou

The Manitoba government’s continued refusal to include the woodland caribou on its endangered species list is contributing to the species’ declining numbers according to wilderness experts. A new national report released by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and the Sierra Club of Canada called “Uncertain Future: Woodland Caribou
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April 15th, 2006

Province unveils plan to repopulate caribou

THE Manitoba government has produced a long-awaited recovery strategy for the woodland caribou but still refuses to list the species as threatened. The new recovery strategy includes funding for two new biologists who will focus on woodland caribou conservation on the east side of Lake Winnipeg and in northern Manitoba.
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October 8th, 2005

Eco-controversy

After 300 years of white guys telling Manitoba’s indigenous people where to live, who to worship and generally what to do, the last thing aboriginals need is more advice from some annoying European.
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October 3rd, 2005

Opposition may kill third national park

A plan to create Manitoba’s third national park could be killed by opposition from Interlake communities.Parks Canada and the Manitoba government had set a target date of last May for creation of a national park that would protect key areas in the Manitoba lowlands north and south of Grand Rapids.
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November 13th, 2004

Linked to the land

—THE most divisive myth about the Canadian wilderness is the notion of culture clash—the idea that there are two warring factions of forest users who will never be able to get along.On one side of the stereotype, you’ll find a tobacco-spitting lumberjack riding a snowmobile with a sawed-off shotgun; on
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September 2nd, 2004

Battle brewing over colour-shifting lake

A fight is shaping up in the Interlake over a spectacular, colour-shifting lake that sits on top of a promising nickel deposit.
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March 23rd, 2004

Progress on new national park in Manitoba Lowlands applauded

On Friday, March 19, federal Environment Minister David Anderson and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing the two governments to renew efforts to establish a national park in the Manitoba Lowlands, with a target date of May 2005.The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes this
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July 2nd, 2003

Provincial parks are special places

Reprinted with permission from The Cottager, July/August 2003 [www.thecottager.com] Growing up in southeastern Saskatchewan, I spent my summers as a beach bum at Kenosee Lake in Moose Mountain Provincial Park.Some of my strongest memories are the heat of the early morning sun beating through our thin cabin walls waking me
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May 10th, 2003

Park not really protected area

On April 29, Conservation Minister Steve Ashton announced the creation of Manitoba’s newest provincial park, South Atikaki. This is welcome news for Manitobans who care about and enjoy our parks.As a point of clarification, however, this is not “new” park land, as the area was originally part of Atikaki Provincial
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February 1st, 2003

Political legacies at stake

In October 2002 Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s wish list for 10 new national parks created an impression among many people that establishment of Manitoba’s new park was a sure thing, with only a few details to be worked out. This is not the case, as there are major hurdles to
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December 4th, 2001

Fisher River Cree Nation Wins Tourism Award

Fisher River Cree Nation, a community working with CPAWS to establish a Fisher Bay provincial park around the south basin of Lake Winnipeg, won a tourism award today for the Leigh Cochrane Memorial Visitors Centre. The Visitors Centre is proposed to serve as the hub for the candidate park. At
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December 4th, 2001

CPAWS kicks off public campaign to “Make Forests Count” in U.N. Agreement on Climate Change

OTTAWA – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is launching a public campaign today inviting citizens in Canada and other countries to let decision makers know that in the next U.N. Convention on Climate Change, it’s time to “make forests count.”  The campaign is timed to coincide with the
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