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December 4th, 2001

Air-horn alarm sounded

A Manitoba environmental protection group is sounding an alarm over air horns that contain substances that can harm the ozone layer. The Manitoba Ozone Protection Industry Association (MOPIA) said two brands of air horns—the noisemakers often used at football and hockey games—contain tetrafluoroethane, a gas used for its cooling properties.
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December 4th, 2001

Trans Canada Trail getting a boost

The North Eastman portion of the Trans Canada Trail is getting some much-needed funding from the Building Canada Fund. A boost of $2.9 million announced last weekend will go toward making the Border to Beaches trail project a reality. The project is a trail completion initiative of the Manitoba Recreational
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December 4th, 2001

First Nations sign accord

THE province has signed an accord with 16 First Nations along the east side of Lake Winnipeg that ensures bands won’t get railroaded by development projects on their traditional lands. The deal, in the works since 2000, kicks off what’s expected to be a long process of creating long-term development
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December 4th, 2001

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation and Canadian Boreal Initiative Team U

Occurring in the United Nations International Year of Fresh Water, Boreal Rendezvous is being organized with First Nations colleagues and involves high profile Canadians in all events, such as Rick Mercer, Justin Trudeau, Cathy Jones, Tomson Highway, Sarah Harmer, Silken Laumann, Tom Cochrane, Jimmy Rankin, and many more. This will
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December 4th, 2001

Manitoba boreal forest activist honoured

A woman from Manitoba who has been fighting to preserve one of the world’s last stretches of untouched boreal forest is one of six international activists to win a major environmental award, handed out Sunday in San Francisco. Sophia Rabliauskas of the 1,200-member Poplar River First Nation received this year’s
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