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April 7th, 2009

Province unveils controversial wilderness camp

After one year of behind-the-scenes discussion, the Manitoba government and the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation outlined plans Friday to build a controversial $10-million year-round camp complex near Meditation Lake in the Whiteshell. The year-round camp will be open by 2011 and be used primarily to give underprivileged kids a chance

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April 7th, 2009

Ban ATVs from some Crown land, charge drivers and seize their wheels: govt report

WINNIPEG — Manitoba should ban all-terrain vehicles from ecologically sensitive Crown land, force drivers to pay for environmental damage and seize their wheels if they break the law, recommends an internal government report. The report, obtained by The Canadian Press, says the number of ATVs has exploded in Manitoba. But

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April 7th, 2009

Perspective: Pale green

Manitobans like to think we’re ahead of the green game because we have a plethora of provincial parks, no stinky tar sands and we don’t burn dirty coal to power our homes. All that — plus a pretty good record on geothermal heat and relatively clean water — is true.

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April 6th, 2009

CAMPERS BREAK BOOKINGS RECORD AS FIRST YEAR OF FREE PROVINCIAL PARK ENTRY BEGINS

Manitoba campers broke campsite bookings records by noon today as Conservation Minister Stan Struthers said free entry to Manitoba’s parks will provide opportunities for all Manitobans for better summer living.

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April 6th, 2009

Our green carbon future

At a recent speech to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, national Chief Phil Fontaine made the strong case that indigenous peoples, as the current and historic stewards of vast tracts of lands, could be key players in a new green-collar economy based on the protection of Canada’s boreal forests. Manitobans

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March 26th, 2009

PROVINCE CREATES THREE NEW PROTECTED AREAS

Whitemouth Bog Ecological Reserve, Whitemouth Bog Wildlife Management Area and Observation Point Wildlife Management Area (WMA) have been added to Manitoba’s network of protected areas, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced today. “These new protected areas will help the province meet its commitments to increase the number of ecological reserves and

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March 26th, 2009

Show us the green? Not so much

IT’S a budget that keeps Manitoba out of the red—but doesn’t really offer much new to help green the province. Last year’s financial blueprint was all about the environment—a coal tax, and a partial plastic bag ban. This year, the ailing economy trumped the environment. A new garbage levy on

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March 26th, 2009

Fisher River chief lobbies for provincial park

Members of the Fisher River Cree Nation and an environmental protection group have renewed pleas for the province to keep its promise to declare Fisher Bay Park Reserve a provincial Park. Chief David Crate and representatives from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society met at the legislature last Tuesday to

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March 16th, 2009

CLEAN ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION ASKED TO REVIEW LOUISIANA PACIFIC’S LICENCE CHANGE REQUEST

The province is requesting the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) to review Louisiana Pacific’s request for permanent alterations to its Swan Valley oriented strand board plant’s Environment Act licence. “I have directed the Clean Environment Commission to review Louisiana Pacific’s request,” Conservation Minister Stan Struthers said. “The CEC will thoroughly examine

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March 16th, 2009

Duck Mountain only provincial park where logging continues

I have a soft spot for Duck Mountain Provincial Park. Lucky enough to have been born into a family with a rustic little cabin located within its boundaries—legend has it Grandpa acquired it as payment for an outstanding poker debt back when it was little more than a fishing shack—I

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March 12th, 2009

Fisher River Cree Nation and environmental group renew plea for provincial park

WINNIPEG, March 10. The Fisher River Cree Nation and a leading environmental organization are taking their campaign for a wilderness park to the Manitoba legislature. The groups will appeal directly to elected legislators and the NDP government to finish the job they started and create a new provincial park. They

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March 11th, 2009

No walk in the park for Cree Nation’s project

The Fisher River Cree Nation and an environmental group accused the Doer government Tuesday of foot-dragging in the development of a provincial scenic wilderness park on the southwest basin of Lake Winnipeg. FRCN is proposing the creation of a park four times the size of Winnipeg to permanently safeguard the