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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

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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

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March 19th, 2010

Environmentalists attack Hydro line route

WINNIPEG – Environmental groups counter-attacked Wednesday in the growing war of words over Manitoba Hydro’s plan to build a $1.1-billion power transmission line down the west side of the province. Manitoban, Canadian and U.S. groups launched an education blitz to urge the Manitoba government to keep its commitment and not

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March 18th, 2010

Stand Firm Manitoba: Protect the Heart of the Boreal and Say No to an Industrial Transmission Line

The political opposition in Manitoba, Canada has revived a proposal to run a major hydropower transmission line directly through the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. It’s an odd choice for an election issue. The current government had already made a decision to work with local communities

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March 18th, 2010

Government gets a C for environment stewardship

WINNIPEG — The Selinger government gets a C for environment stewardship and that’s a good grade, according to Manitoba Wildlands. The 2009 grade reflects steps taken late in 2009 to establish some new protected areas, two of which are of moderate size, the environment lobby group says. Those areas work

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March 17th, 2010

Geology students to trek 1,800 miles by canoe

Juniors Luke Olson and Lindsey Lee’s journey will stretch from the Boundary Waters to Hudson Bay. (Aaron Hays/TommieMedia) Two students will hit the road, or the river, when summer arrives, to embark on a 1,800-mile canoe journey northward. In May, juniors Luke Olson and Lindsey Lee will leave from

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March 17th, 2010

Fisher Bay bats potential provincial park tourist attraction

While Fisher River Chief David Crate and Ron Thiessen, executive director of the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), are pleased the province will designate the Ochiwasahow (Fisher Bay) Park Reserve a provincial park by this October, they fear the province won’t expand the park’s boundaries.

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March 15th, 2010

Save the little bats

The article Tiny bats give hope to proposal for park (March 4) highlights another species dependent on Manitoba’s boreal forests for its survival. As Craig Willis describes, Fisher Bay’s large population of little brown bats could not survive without the boreal forest that provides insects for food as well as

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March 14th, 2010

Local film fest is reely green

LOCAL and international films with environmental themes will get showcased this weekend in Winnipeg’s first Reel Green Film Festival, March 12-13 at the Red River College Princess Street Campus downtown. Screenings begin Friday at 7 p.m. with a program of films including local animator Cordell Barker’s short Runaway and the

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March 14th, 2010

First Nations demanding enviro audit before Bipole proceeds

WINNIPEG — First Nations in western Manitoba say they are determined not to allow a proposed Manitoba Hydro transmission line to cross their territories until Ottawa and the province complete an environmental audit of “past impacts and effects” of hydro operations on southern First Nations. The First Nations made the

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March 8th, 2010

MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. FEDERAL COURT RULING IN MANITOBA’S FAVOUR ON NORTHWEST AREA WATER SUPPLY PROJ

The U.S. District Court has again ruled in favour of Manitoba in its case against the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced today. Judge Rosemary Collyer, in her decision issued Friday, March 5, ordered the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to take a “hard look” at

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March 8th, 2010

Environment Canada Recognizes Local Bird Enthusiast

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA—(Marketwire – March 1, 2010) – Environment Canada recognized Manitoba resident Peter Taylor for his long-term contributions over the years as a volunteer for the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). Mr. Taylor has been rising in the wee hours of the morning every June to run his BBS routes since