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CHICAGO (AFP) – Polar bear cubs, the arctic fox and caribou herds are among the victims of dramatic changes in the Arctic due to climate change, a study published Thursday found. “Species on land and at sea are suffering adverse consequences of human behavior at latitudes thousands of miles away,”

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

Fisher River Cree Nation has put a lot of work into making the Fisher Bay Provincial Park a reality, and a lot of time; indeed a heinous amount of time. Lack of support is not the problem—the abundant show of hands in favour attests to that. The Fisher Bay area

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

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

An Interlake First Nation and a wilderness protection group called on the province Tuesday to step up and create a new provincial park on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Representatives from the Fisher River Cree Nation and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) have been working together for several

A northern community’s efforts to convince the Doer government to create a provincial park in its area is moving to Winnipeg today. The Fisher River Cree Nation is holding a news conference at 11:30 a.m. in room 334 of the Legislative Building. Fisher River chief David Crate said the province

For Immediate release Fisher River Cree Nation (FRCN) and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) are accusing Premier Doer of dragging his feet on his promise to designate five major protected areas by 2010. The groups stated that swiftly establishing the proposed Fisher Bay provincial park on the south

There has been an exceptional response in support of the proposed Fisher Bay provincial park.Not only is this a great opportunity for Manitoba to fulfil its obligation to designate protected areas that represent each of Manitoba’s natural regions, but local First Nations will be able to diversify their local economies

An Indian band on the west side of Lake Winnipeg wants the province to create a new provincial park that would be four times the size of Winnipeg. Fisher River Cree Nation says if the park is approved by the Doer government, it will permanently protect the area around Fisher

Winnipeg -Manitoba Liberal Leader Dr. Jon Gerrard today met with Chief David Crate of the Fisher River Cree Nation (FRCN) and endorsed their proposal for the Fisher Bay Provincial Park. Gerrard called on the government to respect the wishes of the First Nation and create a provincial park according to

A proposal to create a 160,000 hectare (ha) protected area west at Fisher Bay on Lake Winnipeg was ignored by Manitoba Conservation, proponents of the Fisher Bay Park Reserve claim. Instead, the province is presenting a plan for an 89,000-ha reserve west of Fisher Bay, including about 60,000 ha of